Sunday, June 24, 2007

An Old Soul



This is Sofia’s sister. She is only 6 years old and yet still knows that Sofia will plague her life. Sofia is 2 years older with blond curls, blue eyes, perfect lips and not a brain in her head. Sofia’s sister knows that she will spend her life following behind Sofia fixing things. Grades she doesn’t want her parents to see. The car she wrecked while putting on make-up for the third time. Boy’s hearts. Even at 6 she can see all this because Sofia’s sister is an old soul, wise beyond her few years. One look into her eyes can tell you this.

Of course, the only thing that is true about all this is that this is Sofia’s sister and she is 6. Every year on their birthdays Alfred Gordon of Bradenton, Florida, photographs the girls for their parents. When he told me all he could remember was that she was Sofia’s sister this whole story evolved in my head.

I guess I read too much, but sometimes its fun to speculate on the unknown. And sometimes images just create their own story.