This is going to be a bit up close and personal.
For the first time in my life, I am without my big brother. Robert Earl Yarbrough Jr. has passed away, and it still feels surreal. He has always been there. Had he not been, I probably would not be here today.
He was not my big brother by size or age alone. He was highly influential, like an extra parent.
Bob was a generation older, which suggests my a…