When my son Jim invited me to an event that he and his friends helped organize I was at first a bit hesitant and said I would be there depending upon how I felt and if I wasn’t too tired, as it would be starting late, with no specific time frame. In other words I felt a bit shy to be hanging out in a bar full of twenty year old’s. That being said photography is always a reason to be there and I knew that he wanted me there and also because I always make photos of him and his friends.

In the end it was a great night.  When I needed to stand somewhere to get the right angle for a photo the young one’s gave me the space. Suspicious as I am, I did ask the the son why all his friends always hug me with a kiss on the cheek as I was thinking they must be high on something. His answer was – ‘they just like you mom’.