I loved your story. There aren’t many photos from my childhood either. I think that it’s a benefit of growing up today (and maybe a curse?) that digital photography is so prevalent. We’re able to capture these moments. OTOH, I think it’s a double edged sword. Always having a camera ready, we kind of forget it’s there and so we miss capturing these moments until they’re passed? I know it happens to me, anyway. I take a lot of photos, but I also miss a lot, too, because I forget that it’s there because it’s always there.
I love that Google and Apple create these little slide shows of the kids growing up and group things together into “memories” so I can go back and look at them and share them with loved ones.
I’m hoping that by documenting not only my life but that of our kids that they’ll have something to look back on and share with their kids if they have any about what it was like for them growing up.
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