Another sister has her doctorate and does curriculum planning for a large suburban Detroit school system. She has cerebral palsy. Growing up, we all had special responsibilities because Amy was a special person. Especially my brother, who was right before her in age and helped a lot with her care. It changed our perspective on things and made us different people because we lived with her situation.
Barker knows about caring.
Her parents took in her maternal Arkansas grandparents when they needed their oldest daughter to care for them. Grammy and Grandpa Yarborough were an important influence in our lives. They were another set of parents to us. Sheep roamed the grounds of their country house located outside Mishawaka. To me, those were the fun projects.