1965 Martin ... Whence cometh he?


Well, biologically we know the answer to that. So mayhap, why cometh he?

The five year gap betwixt him and his brother Mitchell might suggest he was an accident but the facts are different. Given that we (certainly I) were/was such poor parent(s) makes his appearance doubly improbable.

I don't recall the details but seemingly, Glennys was visiting her doctor and in some womanly codition as women are inclined to be. Depressed etc., etc., etc. (after all, she was married to me).

Out of the blue this wise member of the medical profession opined that, "The best thing that you can do Mrs. Batten (as she then was), is to have another baby."

So we did and she did and that's it/him: Martin!

No regrets in retrospect but whether or not young Martin was the "cure for all her ills" is open to question.