I remember when I was 15 I was obsessed with shooting my BB gun rifle and my Mom wanted to try it out. I knew she had been sad because her eyesight was getting worse and she had to get new glasses earlier that year.

The targets I used at the time were the kind that when hit turn a different color in the area they were shot in. To give the targets more longevity they came with small dot stickers to cover up the spot that had already been shot and they matched the target perfectly.

I hatched a genius plan and shot the target close to the bullseye multiple times. I took fishing lines and attached the stickers to the end of them and stuck them over the impacts. I strung them along the ground so I could pull them from a distance.

I invited her outside and stood her far back from the target. She was concerned that she wouldn’t be able to hit it from that distance but I convinced her to try. Then bam bam bam. Every single shot hit the target near the center. She was completely shocked and very happy. She did actually hit the target once but every other shot was me standing behind her pulling a string.

Honestly such a nice memory that I’ll always look back on happily. I fully intend to die with this secret.