Submitted by CarlyMeyer on

What Have I Done?

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It started as a small project. My desire was to put together a gift for my son. A sweetly arranged photo album of fond memories of his first 21 years. Of course, I’ve already done his customary baby album, but I stopped at about 7 years old. When would I get the time to actually focus on this project again? Into the basement, I went. I located the bin of arranged photos, separated by age, activity, and school. I slowly unpacked the photos and began the trip down memory lane. Do you know this trip? A photo jogs a memory and then you find yourself in that moment in time. Then another, then another. Hours later and I now have a floor full of 45 years of life, laid in front of me. Pictures of friends, grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins, old boyfriends. Prom pictures, bonfire pictures, parties, and adventures!! I need to buy about 10 more photo books. How do you throw away pictures of babies and loved ones? Duplicates made their way to the trash, thankfully. See the picture of my study to the left! Organized chaos. What projects did you go after during this quarantine , that you never thought you’d get to?

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Corey Bearak

What about scanning them. Every now and my daughter gone rough older albums and finds gems she’ll post will have us scratching our heads to figure out where and when.
Daniel Schwartz

My wife is the one with more free time at home now so she has been keeping "the list" quite full. She has tackled my sons room, getting rid of unused or needed items and then to my surprise, completely re-arranged the layout of the room. She plans to tackle our spare room which has become a collection who knows what...
Kelly Welles

This is wonderful. I envy you the time. However, I have never been busier. No “me” time. Of course, I am grateful, reluctantly. Corey’s idea is a good one.
Scott Bloom

Agreeing with Corey. I take digital pictures of them with my phone to preserve and share them.

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