It is impossible to look through old photos without the emotions of that time surfacing.
You just can’t stop the rush of feeling, it just floods in.
This weekend, whilst sifting through many boxes of photos I realized that photos really capture the good times. I mean that is when the cameras usually come out, right?
The cameras are always tucked away in the sad times, the bad times and the times where you need help or a break. It would be odd if we were snapping away when someone was crying or having a fight. So it is easy to reminisce on the good old times as the photos only show the good days.
The smiles, the happy faces, the new born child, the weddings, Christmas, birthdays and the beach holidays.
It was hard to imagine that through all these memories, there were deaths, arguments, divorces, frustrations, jealousy and illnesses.
But of course they were there. No one’s life is void of these.
So it was a reminder to myself to not get sucked into thinking that the past was always full of amazing moments, that the best days are behind us and that things were easier and happier then.
A photo is a snapshot. A moment.
Getting pregnant wasn’t easy, the pregnancy wasn’t easy, the birth was not easy, yet the smiling bundle of the new arrival in daddy’s arms is so precious and one of the most wonderful photographs I came across.
I am so happy to have captured so many magical moments, I will treasure these. However if I ever catch myself thinking that the past was full of smiles just like the photos, I guess I need to remnd myself that I am deluded.
Final note: Anybody who is an active facebooker, double note to self, other peoples lives are no better than yours, even if their constant postings and photos are full of joy and happiness. Noone posts the dark side!
What do your photos show??
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