Thanks to the father and son combo who made my day at Perks Vernon this Sunday. I don’t know what it is, but there is something about your interaction that just brightens up my day. (The son being cute likely helped, but I digress.) Father-son moments like this seem to be increasingly rare these days, so when I see my own father over the holidays, I’ll be sure to follow your lead. Thanks, guys!
—Checkmate
This article appears in Dec 3-9, 2009.


Isn’t that cute!
My parents were divorced when I was young but my dad got custody. I wish I was closer to him rather than hating him at the time so we could have had some cute father-son moments like the one you described. Ohh well.