Reading to his brother {Central New York Photographer}

Okay, so I know this is very snap-shotty……

 
but sometimes you just have to grab the shot no matter what.  This is one of those times and I'd like to share the story behind this with you.

Today, while I was taking a shower, my oldest came running into the bathroom and said that his brother had fallen off the bed and was hurt.  There I stood with shampoo in my hair not quite ready to be jumping out of the shower.  So I asked if he was bleeding – he wasn't.  Then I told him to have his brother sit on the bed and go grab him an ice pack for the sore ankle.  While he did that, I quickly rinsed my hair and hopped out of the shower.

As I hustled down the hall wrapped in just a towel, I overheard my oldest reading a Dr. Seuss book.  I thought to myself, "wow, is he actually reading out loud to his brother?"  So I tiptoed quietly the rest of the way and peaked in to see just that.  He was reading to his brother!!  Now many may think this is no big deal.  However, this is something we've encouraged him to do for about a year now.  He's a very good reader, even when reading aloud which can require some extra skills to actually make the story interesting.  Well, whenever we've asked him to read aloud in the past, he has shook his head and refused.  Yet this morning, he did it.  And he did it because he brother was hurt and wanted to listen to a story.  Isn't that the sweetest?

So don't always worry about whether the background is perfect or if the clothing is all matchy-matchy.  Sometimes you just have to seize the moment so that you can reflect back on it for years to come.