Family Portrait

[randy_byers]

This is a shot of my family taken in Hong Kong in the summer of 1968. We took a tour of Asia in the break between my dad's two two-year teaching contracts on Yap. Other places we visited on that trip were Japan, the Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, and I think Singapore, but maybe not.

I wish I knew what was going on the day this photo was taken. My sister looks like she is having a perfect teenage snit fit. Mom looks troubled, maybe a little angry herself. Dad looks pensive, lost in thought. I look worried, hands trying to grasp the situation. My brother looks like he doesn't give a shit about any of it. Strangers in a strange land.