The Human Formerly Known as Alpha Male
The little imp learned how to make me laugh years before this photo was taken. And the day I snapped that shot, he was in the garden, between rows of corn, doing his best to win the staring contest. The loser smiled first.
I lost a lot of those contests.
Ten years later, his sense of humor still firmly intact, he suddenly becomes an impenetrable wall of Recalcitrant Coolness in front of the camera. He’d sooner have the fact that he’s still a little lunatic (and he is) captured on film than be caught standing next to his mom. Except that he was caught standing next to his mom…and would have been vapor but for my command to, “…stop. right. there.”
And grabbing the camera I told the two of them to stand up straight so I could see if my suspicions had any traction. And, just as I thought, somewhere in the last little stretch of Life happening, the little imp tipped the scale and got within striking range of his mom’s towering superiority. All 5’4″ of it.
And that made him smile.
Almost.
He’s tough. But I can see a lot of you on him. But the same allure, the same charm, the same eyebrows from his little year until now… Stubborn Life.