Something I saw while walking the dog at the park this morning.
A young light-skinned, slender Black man with a thin beard, riding a skateboard, crouched and turned to the side, as skilled skateboarders can do.
A medium-sized dog ran joyously alongside the skateboarding man, mouth open and grinning.
The young man had the dog’s leash in one hand, and the other hand was outstretched, holding his phone.
I could see he was getting a perfect shot of the dog running.
The young man turned to look at me and dropped his jaw, as if to say, “This is amazing! Are you seeing this?!”
I dropped my own jaw in return as if to say, “I know! Amazing!”
This would have been a perfect shot for me too, of the young man on his skateboard with his phone and the joyously running dog. But by the time I thought of that, the moment had passed.