Peterfiore wrote:
Weddings are a great rip-off. As I told my wife as we were planning our daughter's wedding. " You know we're only renting the food".
However, the memories are forever. As long as you have memory.
No, I don't NEED all the photos I have taken of my boys, the photos my Dad took of my siblings and me, the photos that were handed down to me from my grandparents, aunts and uncles, the wedding photos of my parents, ourselves, our boys and some of my cousins. Just wish I had wedding photos of the grandparents...
The quality of some of them is so bad that they should really be thrown out.
However, all these photos together have given me many pleasant afternoons, looking at them and remembering.
And even more pleasant: Telling my grand-kids about their family members, going back four generations.
Who can tell their (grand)kids about Grandma's dog, who stole my cookie, and then show a picture of that dog? Or tell about the great-granduncle who ended up in the ditch complete with horse and buggy, and then point out that great-grand-uncle in a family photograph.
Yes, for all that I do need my photos and am glad I have them. As well, my boys are now discussing who is going to get what photos when my time to leave this earth has come. I'm beating them to the punchline: I am in the process of scanning all the photos I have, including the negatives I still have. When I'm finished, I'll put the lot on four separate external hard drives and each of the boys (the wife of the youngest one, since he passed away a few months ago) will get one of these external drives.
So, no, I do not NEED all these photos, but I'm sure glad I have them!
Call me a sentimental old lady if you like, I've been called worse. And name calling has never hurt me!