Instant Karma

 

Connor, Instant Karma: 

I don't know when this was taken, but it was probably sometime in the early 2000s when Connor was about ten. We are hiking in Phoenix and the party, included my wife, Sue, his father, Sylvain, and Connor. He was advised to stay close and not wander off since this is a wilderness trail. We were on our way to a geocache hidden in the park. What strikes a chord is that Connor was told not to run because no one would be there to help him if he fell and hurt himself. A few minutes later, Connor ran ahead, tripped, fell, and face-planted on the trail's rocks. His face started bleeding, and he started crying. We both just march passed him and said “it sucks to be you”. Within five minutes, he's back to his old self and runs down the trail again. He ended the day by returning to the car ahead of everybody else and waiting 30 minutes while the rest of us finished our hike. He was a good kid, but he had some issues. He has moved out of state, has a girlfriend, and is paying his taxes. He's neither in prison nor does he have a criminal record, so way to go mom.