This book is written based on words spoken by King Solomon in the Book of Ecclesiastes about times and seasons. There is a time to be born and a time to die and a time for every purpose under the Heaven. These written words exude a power which can revitalize our belief and faith in a higher being. Your time is now This is the call the author puts out for all. It is her clarion call. Reading this book will surely make us think more deeply about why we have been put on this earth. When you read this book you will surely visualize the many joys and sorrows experienced by the author in her daily living. You will read of her love for a Higher Being, her family and her friends. The motivation to write this book is beyond description. It encourages the reader to deep thought and inspiration and to realize that our time is definitely now to make changes in our lives for the good of all.

After a 30-year career in New Mexico, it was time for a change, but what to do next? That was the dilemma. Jo was seeking something unknown and unnamed until she found her way to Africa, a place where she could live out her dream of adventure and travel.

Remembering Africa: Moments in Time is the author's memoir of the two years she lived in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, while teaching at an International School with students and teachers from many different countries. Through her personal stories, she portrays both the humor and struggle of daily life in Dar and working at the International School there. She provides a window for the reader to share her travel adventures to the exotic island of Zanzibar, the Seychelles, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Namibia, and safari adventures into the Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater, etc.

Jo was enchanted with the land and people of this amazing continent, and she recorded events from those memorable years in a journal. When she returned to the states, the memories of her life in Africa lingered and begged to be shared. Remembering Africa had to be written.

The poem "Moments in Time," written by Jo, was inspired by her experiences while living and working in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

The facts contained in this work were collected over a period of eight years largely because of the author's desire to acquire knowledge of his more immediate relatives. The fruits of his efforts not only resulted in facts concerning his immediate family, but also provided extensive information on the allied Virginia families named in the title of this volume. The order in which the families are arranged in the book was determined solely by the order in which they were completed, with cross references being made from one part to another. Information contained on each individual varies, but generally contain dates for births, deaths, and marriages. Biographical information is included for some individuals, and may include locations/residences, military service, profession or occupation, religious affiliation, etc. Paperback, (1903), 2013, Illus., Index, 328 pp.