Today, my mother’s brother, Howard, was laid to rest. But believe it or not, it wasn’t a sad ocassion. The minister who delivered the eulogy was my uncle’s godson, and he filled us with food for meditation with his sermon. It was one of the best homegoing ceremonies that I’ve ever attended.

After the funeral, we headed over to my Aunt Lynn’s house for the repast. Everyone told wonderful stories of my uncle, we dined on some great Southern cuisine, and the kids kept us entertained with their games, as well as singing and dancing with us big kids.

Anyway, you guys know I’m always armed with a camera or two, so I was snapping pictures left and right. But something caught my eye when one of the kids stopped to pose for me. I discovered that my little cousin Jonathan got tooth jacked!

I asked him, “Jon Jon, what happened?” He said, “The tooth fairy snuck up behind me when I wasn’t looking.” And here’s what I saw when he flashed his smile.

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