And one way I love to do that is through photos...
I love photos. Always have. I love taking them, looking at them, framing them, showing them off. But I think what I love most about them is the way they magically capture and freeze a moment in time and how I can dig them out (or flip through them with a click of a mouse these days) and instantly be whisked back to another place and time in my life.
Some of them remind me of being a child....in the 70's. Like this one, for instance, conjures up the fond memory of the excitement and anticipation I felt on Friday afternoons in elementary school because I knew it meant I'd soon be seeing my dad, stepmom, Lynne, and stepsister, Stephanye...
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| We called these our Hee Haw pants! |
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| Sportin' some helmet hair and high waist shorts at Six Flags Over Georgia |
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| My big hair flag days |
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| Photography Club, senior year of high school |
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| He's thinking about it |
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| Bele Chere Festival in Asheville, 2001 |
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| sweet smiling faces |
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| Pawpaw Paul and Dracen at the beach |
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| Christmas 2004 |
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| "Piggy ride backs"! |
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| Dracen snapped this shot on our one year dating anniversary, 12/07 (that's Devin's hand and camera getting his shot!) |
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| June 28, 2008 |
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| first day of 3rd grade! |
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| first day of 7th grade...middle school!!! |
And, of course, there are so many oodles and oodles of others that I couldn't possibly get through in a day, much less a blog post, but knowing they are there at my fingertips...or buried in the bottom of a plastic tote under a pile of clothes in my closet...is just one of those little things that make my heart smile.
What is something that makes your heart smile? And in what ways do you slow down and pause life for a moment?
**Please don't forget to click over and read my guest post at JDaniel4's Mom! :)
What a beautiful post! I loved getting to see your pictures. What precious memories!
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ReplyDeleteLike you, photos mean sooooo much to me. I am a huge scrapbooker so I like to journal in the stories behind the photos too. I forget them after a while, so it's really fun to read back and see the fun little stories of those moments.
ReplyDeleteYour journey was so interesting to follow in this post. I love your HeeHaw pants. (not really, lol)
I LOVE photos as well! It's just something about their ability to bring back so many memories (albeit good ones or not so good ones).
ReplyDeleteI looked at those pictures "after the tragedy" and I am just in awe of you. I know you made it through because that's all you could have done, but I just give you SO much credit!!!
Thank you for sharing! :)
Off to read your guest post...
This is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI too love taking photos and capturing not only the memory but the feelings behind the smiles. Ok off to check out the post ;)
Ps. That big hair? Needs it's own zip code...hee hee I couldn't resist.
What great memories! Headed over to read your guest post!
ReplyDeleteenjoy the pics thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteHard to select which ones are favorite. Depends on my mood. The ones we collected from our parents house after they passed definitely make the top list. So glad they took the one they did and wish they had taken more.
Photos are sweet reminders of precious memories, aren't they?
ReplyDeleteAnd you were a GORGEOUS bride!
I wish I still had those "He Haw" pants:)
ReplyDeleteI was just showing my kids that picture last weekend.
I love pictures and I'm so far behind on scrap booking.