It’s 1999. I am standing in the rain — really more an icy drizzle — in Skokie, Illinois, a suburb my newspaper doesn’t even cover.
I am trying to shoot a picture of the Niles North High School homecoming parade that doesn’t look like every other parade picture ever snapped. And do it without soaking my new 24-50mm lens.
A kid on a float overhands a piece of hard candy which hits me squarely in the forehead, stunning me for a moment. I find this hilarious, already turning it into a story, until a mom comes over and asks, “Did you know you are bleeding?”
This is one of life’s key loaded questions. No matter how you answer, the answer will not be good.
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