As you go through life you take pictures of birthdays, special occasions, hollidays ect.. Pictures always represent a memory you don't want to forget. Overtime your collection builds and as you age they become a slideshow of your life journeys. You remember the laughs, the adventures, the love that shows in each photo. One thing i love about pictures is that they fail to represent the fight you might have gotten in right before you needed to "pose" or the cake you spilled all over your new shirt. Pictures tend to only show the good times and forget the bad.. I've been missing my family a lot in these past few days and as i have been looking through old photos they make me smile. I remember all the good times i've had in the past few years, and all the adventures i have gone through.
I've moved across the country, fallen in love, experienced new cultures, traveled, and started a new career path.. they never show me being homesick, confused what to do or experiencing heartbreak. Although photos can only show one side of the story they put things is a good light and i like it that way. i wish that my mind could be more the a photobook; forget the bad and remember all the good times.
As i remember my grandpa's passing a year ago i look through pictures of his life and he was so happy even till the last days. I saw him and my grandma's life together. I shows the excitment of having children, the adventure, the good times. Life goes by in a flash, young lives turn to old in just a flash. The pictures left out his pain from the cancer, the hard days and his struggles but i realized they showed what was important. He loved us so much and it showed, he was a great man, father, grandpa and i can keep those pictures and remember him whenever i want. I continue to take pictures becasue they are such a good reminder for me when things get tough that even in hard times there is still something to smile about..
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