In My Life...

My son, Mac's, graduation party is coming up. Today I'm going through the disorganized box in which I've tossed several lifetime's worth of photos. Time to put together that collage that represents birth-graduation. Pictures really get to me. Often I end up in a puddle of tears sorting through. I stop to consider all kinds of moments that have no bearing on the job of graduation party planning. Knowing this was coming, I have skipped mascara today.
I think I'll write a few blogs as I sort through and consider the people and moments that God has used to form my life. I have to start with credit to my dad who has always been the family photographer because without him, the early years of daboyz would've largely been unphotographed. Between the turmoil that was my emotional state in those days and the disorganization that went with it; I either failed to take pictures or failed to get them developed. Yes, this was the time before digital cameras. I wouldn't have been able to afford one anyway.
So here's to the moments in passing. The images captured despite cries of, "Don't take my picture!"
Here's to being loved enough that someone wanted to remember us forever and to the ones we can't photograph anymore.
Here's to life and memories that would've been lost if someone hadn't stood out of frame to hold a moment in time...

There are places I remember; All my life, though some have changed.
Some forever not for better ;Some have gone and some remain
All these places had their moments; With lovers and friends; I still can recall
Some are dead and some are living; In my life I've loved them all

But of all these friends and lovers; there is no one compares with you
And these memories lose their meaning; When I think of love as something new
Though I know I'll never lose affection; For people and things that went before
I know I'll often stop and think about them; In my life I love you more

Though I know I'll never lose affection; For people and things that went before
I know I'll often stop and think about them; In my life I love you more;
In my life I love you more.
(In My Life by The Beatles)

Picture: Mac & Grandpa (my dad aka HH)  circa 1992 up north
     Sara & Dad (Mac's grandpa aka HH) circa 1968