Larkin and Me

Here I am with my cousin Larkin. He was the grandson of Mother's brother Bruce. I think this was taken in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Both of Mother's brothers lived there. I do not remember this trip.



Larkin's mother was Betty Gayle. I do not know a lot about the story of Betty Gayle's first marraige.



I never really got to know Larkin or the family from Arkansas. Family is a funny thing. We talk today a lot about family values but aside from the core family, Mother, Father, and children, family does not seem to mean much. Since the 50's American's have been mobile and that allowed families to disperse. With that great dispersal went our sense of identity.

Maybe for me that connection is more important becauee I have no blood family. There is no one in my life that I am genetically connected to. Truly this man is an island. (060708)