Ah ... the Memories

I know that you already know what I am about to write, but just want to share a couple of ideas with you so you know that we are together in this.  Companionship is sometimes a very good thing... especially on a cold winter's day when few are moving about and a short day seems long.  So .. here we go....

From time to time I enjoy looking through a small basket of my favorite photos.  I have a couple of these baskets in my home. I also have boxes full of photographs and even a few albums from before I realized that I didn't have to put everything in chronological order.  I am just not an album person, I guess, but I do admire those who are.  I do print out photos from my phone.  Not a fan of digital. I just like holding photos (and books) in my hands. I am , after all, a old-fashioned Boomer. Anyway - I was looking through one such basket the other day and saw photos of me laughing with old friends and realized that I had laughed with them perhaps more than with anyone else in my life - other than family, of course. The memories were so good.  Some of these friends have passed on and others I have not seen in a long time and may never see again.  I just hope that if they run across old photos they also will relive the fun times in their minds and smile. There comes a time when memories are all you have of someone. At this stage of the game, we all know that.  It's nice to hang on to the good ones.

The other idea, and along similar lines, is that situation when you have a question that no one can answer because anyone who might know the answer is gone.  It's a part of it all really, but is underlined when you become a part of the oldest generation of a family. You remember some of the story, but need to fill in the details or confirm something...and you cannot. So frustrating.

All that being said...    things you already know  ....

In my humble opinion -- that is why old photos and personal journals and writings in general area very good thing.  Just sayin'. 

Happy 2025!  Wishing you a lot more good memories...   Maybe take pictures to capture the moment -- and write them down....