This Week: This week I went through some photo albums
that range from pictures of my dad’s childhood to pictures of my friends and I
in third grade. There’s something so
hauntingly beautiful about the albums; the bend corners, yellowing pages, musty
smell, and arrangement of the pictures on the pages make it all the more
special. Although I only anticipated
spending half an hour to an hour looking through the pictures, by the time I
was finished, two hours had sped by. If
there’s one thing I’ve realized, it’s the importance of time stamping
pictures. It’s really hard to picture
growing up at this age, but one day when I’m in my twenties… and thirties, and
forties, and fifties, I think I’ll enjoy looking back on precious childhood
memories.
I just found out that a lot of my family will be visiting
around the end of March. My grandma will
come from Canada, my grandma’s sister from Lebanon, my aunt and cousin from
Dubai, and another cousin from Washington D.C.
I can’t wait to talk to them about their childhood and experience growing
up. Although I originally anticipated
communicating with them through email or over the phone, I’m excited that I
have the opportunity to speak with them face-to-face! I usually only see them once a year, so it’s
always a good time when the fam band is able to get together.
Next Week: I want to continue looking through photo
albums. Although I’ve gone through all
of the ones inside our house, we have over ten boxes of pictures in our attic,
and I can’t wait to explore some more of my family’s memories. I never realized how important this step was
to the process of understanding my family’s past. It’s weird to think that some members in my
family have lived five times as long as I have - that they have five times the
memories, experience, and wisdom.
I also want to see if there is some way to digitalize the
pictures to keep them stored on CDs, computers, and hard drives. Considering that there are thousands and
thousands of pictures, I’m not quite sure how much time it will take for me to
scan them all, and the goal may become my summer project.
I am starting to become a little doubtful about the
scrapbook though. Just considering the
pictures I went through today, I have no idea how I could possibly pick just a
couple to include in the scrapbook when they all seem so important and
monumental. Although I was sure the
scrapbook would be my final idea, I want to brainstorm more this week and see
where the wind takes me.
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