A Gingersnap Smile

I will be your hero Grandpa a naïve young boy assures a man whom he once thought was the devils helper. Will Rivers had mistaken illness for evil and was making up for it with comforting words. But they were words with promise and the road between a promise-given and a promise-kept can be laden with emotional pitfalls. He meets a young lady ultimately the love of his life but their first encounter was not promising. He pulled her ponytail and called her a snaggle-tooth. In return she gave him a permanent mark on his shin and another more enduring mark the gingersnap smile. Will shares a soulful admission So I was mean to her but...I didnt know I loved her then. That gingersnap smile became the symbol of his life with Grandpa. Will befriends Bobby a young man from a rough neighborhood who introduces the concept of a neutral deed one that was neither good nor bad. When the police tell their story of the great electric wheelchair race youd think Will and Bobby were a couple of vandals on a joyride at Grandpas expense. Wills attempt to keep his promise led to a political birthday party where in an old video a young Boy Scout proclaims A black man cant chase a bus in this country without catching a hassle! Hows he gonna chase his dreams. Through the influence of that old video Will concludes I guess yesterday really does matter. His decision to kidnap Grandpa led to the yelling match of the century wherein Wills father proclaims You touch my father and Ill beat you like a man beats a man! It wont be father and son between us! Seeing whether Will keeps his promise justifies an evening with A Gingersnap Smile.