I recently received a call from my mom about a photo of her husband holding a photo print with a child inside it.

I didn’t have time to answer, so I sent her an email asking if she had any advice.

The response: “This is not a safe photo.

Please do not send this to anyone.

This is a creepy photo.

This person is disturbing you.”

And so, for a year I waited for my mom to make the call.

Then, last week, my mom sent me a photo from a business card she sent me.

I looked at the photo and thought, I want that.

But I couldn’t send it.

That day, I received a second email.

It said, “This photo is not for your business card.

Please never send this photo to anyone.”

And that’s when I knew I had to do something.

So I did something.

I emailed her back and asked, “What is the worst photo I’ve ever seen?”

And she told me that there’s no such thing as a “worst photo.”

What I’ve seen is photos like this: