Basic, no fades, a little off the top

So I walk into the barber shop today for my usual, “basic, no fades and a little off the top please”. My barber immediately stands up and greets me like I was his youngest son who had just returned from Iraq. Talk about freaky huh? He was almost tearing up. At this point Im confused. Im ready to jab the guy in the jaw if he tries to make a move. Im really weirded out. You gotta understand, this is the same barber who says nothing any other time I stop in.

Anywho, after he announced my full name, tells me how proud he was of my newspaper article and how he’s seen me in a local commercial, he takes 3 steps forward. Dude hugs me and steps back as if to say “its been so long? how the kids and your little dog Sparky?”.

Turns out, this guy used to baby sit me when my mom was alive and has never recognized me until the newspaper article I was in. He says “your big ears and colorful eyes were the give away, but I’d never have thought you’d look like you do”. Im still not sure how to take that. What? Am I like some goolish creature from a Harry Potter film? Or does he mean I’ve grown into a handsome young man?

It was nice to meet someone who knew me as a youngster and who also knew my mom other than my own family. We talked about how my mom was and how we have similar taste in music. He turns out to be a really great dude. You never know who your gonna meet (or in this case, re-meet) in the barber shop. Im happy I met him.