Treasured Memories

Okay! There are many things I would like to take the time to put into words about today, but instead I will just mention a few and get on with what I really want to talk about. Here I go:

This afternoon was by far the first real day of summer for me, even though school released an entire week ago. The reason being, I actually had a pretty fun and, somewhat, exciting day (considering my overall boring lifestyle). My brother and I both got haircuts and I, typing this with a smile, loved his so much that I annoyed everyone by talking *cough, RANTING, cough* about it all night. But honestly, could you blame me? It went from shaggy in his eyes, covering half his face to a quiff style. What is not to love? Anyways after the cutting of the hair I went and bought Sarah Dessen’s new book, The Moon and More. Seeing that Sarah Dessen is my all time favorite author, I was practically fangirling in the store in front of everyone. I hope I am good entertainment. Besides that, I am already 107 pages into it. Must finish. But not to fear; I will have finished it within the next couple of days.

Moving on to the more serious topic of discussion. The past few days (more like weeks really) my family has been preparing for the sister’s open house seeing that she has finally graduated from high school. Everyone has different jobs to do and I, all mighty that I am, was named decorator and, well, food supplier (for lack of better words). I am to make sure everyone is enjoying themselves and have had enough to eat at this gathering.

Anywho, because of this event happening in a week, my sister and I went through a LOT of family photos in the last 5 days. Talk about the memories. But, it was actually really nice seeing family members and sneaking into memories before I was born. Even the pics that my grandma said, “They’re blurry, we should just throw them out.” Or, “They just take up so much space to keep” we said absolutely not throwing these out. No way, no how.

Maybe it is just me but there is no way I could just throw pictures out like that. To me, photos represent a timeline of events that can be shared for generations. For instance, there happened to be multiple photos in black and white and taken on cameras that haven’t been used in ages. Because of this, they are nice and antique-y looking (some very faded, yes), but they all have some form of special meaning. I could never bear to toss them.

Is this what it is like in your family? Pictures are treasured memories you love to flick through every now and again? Well, maybe it is time to sit down and take a moment to relive some old memories; listen to a story or two. This can be a very good family bonding time as I have much realized. I hope that if you do decide to give it a go that you have a fun time and maybe learn something about your family that you didn’t know before. Make a few treasured memories.

Hmmm... Thinking should post some! We’ll see. :)