I must have been about 13 years old. I had received a new camera for Christmas, and was snapping away at anything that moved. I happened to take a picture of my dad making a goofy face with his arm pulled back pretending he was going to throw a football. Doesn't sound like a momentous occasion, does it?  But it changed his life. When I developed the pictures, he saw his belly sticking out from under his sweatshirt. He was only 32, too young for a gut. Around the same time, some folks … [Read more...]