This Little One’s Picture Day Story and the Actual Photo Don’t Quite Match

This little one’s picture day story and the actual photo don’t quite match. Children, when retelling stories, might be a bit fuzzy on some details, both big and small. They may leave out a part here or there or remember something very differently. That’s precisely what happened to one young man, making for a hilarious situation.

Cell phones are everywhere. It’s gotten to the point where no one can go anywhere or do anything without their mobile device. Because those cell phones come equipped with, in some cases, top-of-the-line cameras, everyone believes themselves to be a professional photographer, snapping away at everything they see. 

If people aren’t taking another selfie, they are uploading a new batch of pictures they’ve just snapped to Facebook or Instagram. Despite the increased number of photographers in society, getting children to sit long enough to capture a photo of them remains a tall task. Make that photo one on the dreaded school picture day, and it’s nearly impossible.

In a short clip posted on YouTube, a young man is asked about his experience with school picture day. The woman behind the camera asks him how he posed, if he smiled and what the size of his smile is in the photograph. He excitedly and confidently answers the rapid-fire inquiries.

Yes, he smiled, he confirmed to the woman asking. He also adds that his smile was big. He makes it entirely clear that when the photo returns, the woman, likely his mother, will be more than pleased with what she sees. Why wouldn’t she be happy with the photographic results?

Well, hilariously enough, the photograph that comes back does not exactly match up with what the little boy told the woman. From the expression on his face, it’s clear that he did not want anything to do with school picture day.

Oh well, that’s what retakes are for, right?

Proverbs 22:6 “If a child is trained up in the right way, even when he is old, he will not depart from it.”