The First Picture I Have of Myself

I rightly did not realize it had been so long since I had been to this blog. Just now I thought about putting a link here to the first picture that I have of myself, and discover I had not even posted about my sister-in-laws death from Mesothelioma cancer, nor the death of my mother-in-law, nor the death of my friend John Jones.

Glenda, my wife's twin lost her fight with Mesothelioma on January 28, 2007. Them on February 7, 2007 her mother died, that was all quite a blow for our family, but we all made it thru this with God's help. My friend John Wesley Jones lost his battle with Pancreas Cancer March 9, 2007.

I recently loaded a picture of myself taken at the Texarkana Baptist Orphanage, it was taken shortly after my birth father left me there after mother, sister, and brother died in that house fire back in 1948. Them just a few days ago I out it on my Flicker site. If you will click on picture it will take you to it.

I'm the 6th boy from the left side of the picture in the front row. This is all the children who were in the orphanage at that time. I believe but I'm not positive that the first boy from the left on the front row is my older brother E W. E W lived in the home until he was 16 years of age. From them until he graduate high school he lived with us. The last time I saw E W was when I was in about the 10th grade.

In the back row to the far left is the man I lived with until I August of 1951. He and his wife had some marriage problems, after which they got rid of me after having lived with them for something like 2 years. The 2nd boy to his right is his son, James, thanks to him that I now have this early picture of myself.

A couple of years back I just happen to find him down in Texas, wrote him a letter and he sent me a few pictures which I appreciated very much.

I started once to just delete this blog, but perhaps someone who has gone thru similar things in life will happen upon it someday, if so, maybe we can share thoughts.

May God Bless,
Jerry

"I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tent of wickedness."
Psalms 84:10