What a story! And your mom taking a frame but unwilling to throw away photos of strangers... my husband and I have had a longstanding discussion about our taking "images" of people and how difficult it is for us to throw away those images, because they are human beings. Now, my having to go through my own parents' and in-laws' piles of old photos recently, my theory is still correct: It hurts to throw away photos of people we don't recognize, or of duplicates of the photos we keep. My younger daughter solved it by telling me to mail her all my "extras" ! So I did, and she's enjoying just looking at all the old extra pics....and I'll let her decide if and when to toss 'em!
What a wonderful way to spend time with your old ones, Sharon. For them every photo carried a memory and they got another chance to share them. I envy it, now that I am old. For my son to sit down with me and look through old photos and talk about our life together would be a dream come true.
So true, Sharron! It was interesting to us, to hear our history unfold, from our parents, with their pictures, and the story of how our unknown “relatives” was a tale, as well!
Ah..I hear you, Linda! I have a hard time tossing pictures, but that is on my “to do” list. The one I keep copying every year!
What a story! And your mom taking a frame but unwilling to throw away photos of strangers... my husband and I have had a longstanding discussion about our taking "images" of people and how difficult it is for us to throw away those images, because they are human beings. Now, my having to go through my own parents' and in-laws' piles of old photos recently, my theory is still correct: It hurts to throw away photos of people we don't recognize, or of duplicates of the photos we keep. My younger daughter solved it by telling me to mail her all my "extras" ! So I did, and she's enjoying just looking at all the old extra pics....and I'll let her decide if and when to toss 'em!
What a wonderful way to spend time with your old ones, Sharon. For them every photo carried a memory and they got another chance to share them. I envy it, now that I am old. For my son to sit down with me and look through old photos and talk about our life together would be a dream come true.
So true, Sharron! It was interesting to us, to hear our history unfold, from our parents, with their pictures, and the story of how our unknown “relatives” was a tale, as well!
Superb pictures of strangers to conjure up stories and let your imagination run with it!!
Absolutely, Jill! We had so much fun imagining background stories for these unnamed “relatives”!
Another great family memory Sis! That day turned out to be fun!