Through My Eyes
For the first time in my life, I noticed every boy I saw yesterday. I had a 5:00 pm haircut appointment and I was about 15 minutes early. So, I made a lap inside the mall of Abilene. Had I wanted to get a cardio workout too, I would have taken off my dress shoes and donned a pair of tennis shoes and walked at a quick pace...much like the 5 or 6 old people I saw. I digress.
Anyway, as I walked through the mall, I paid close attention to every boy I saw - from the smallest child to the high school senior. As I noticed each one of them, I couldn't help but wonder what my soon-to-be baby boy would look and act like when he is their age. The more I walked, the more depressed I became. I kept encountering guys with multiple tattoo's, guys with piercings in places that shouldn't be and guys with shorts that couldn't seem to stay on their hips.
Now I know fashion trends are not what they used to be. So, I got to thinking. What if I were to put myself in their place at that appropriate age? Here's probably what I would have seen:
- The 2006 2nd grader with a buzz cut and jeans with holes in the knees would be replaced by me in 1978 with hair that covered my ears and toughskin jeans with a t-shirt portraying a Texas Rangers decal ironed on the front.
- The 2006 7th grader with baggy clothes and bushy hair would be replaced by me in 1983 with Lee jeans and an OP t-shirt with hair parted down the middle and feathered back.
- The 2006 high school senior with his hat on crooked and an obscene t-shirt would be replaced by me in 1988 with a nasty, dirty University of Kentucky cap (I wore that everywhere I went for a solid year) and a pair of Jams shorts.
Now who knows what the fashion trends will be in 2015 when my boy is in 2nd grade or in 2020 when he is in 7th grade or in 2025 when he's a senior. I know Iwon't be able to influence the fashion trends as he grows up, but I do hope I am able to influence his heart and make him into the kind of man that someday hears the Lord say, "Well done my good and faithful servant."
posted by Mark Lavender @ 7:50 AM
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3 Comments:
Would it be weird if you saw that same 7th grader in the Lee Jeans and OP shirt hanging out with a 1 and a half year old in Osk Kosh B Gosh overalls? Or the Senior with the Kentucky hat on with a seven year old in a Mr. T shirt with blue jean shorts and striped tube socks. That would have been us hanging out, but don't worry because Krob would have drove us around in 1983 because that was the year he graduated high school!
Did that second grader have a "Dr Pepper Jr Rangers" patch on his t-shirt???
Mark: Congratulations on your son! Nathaniel and I are scheduled to deliver little Levi Mark Jones in 3 weeks. Maybe they can be buddies!
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