When I thought of this assignment, I thought of my most priceless possessions. To me and my family, the most important things we have are our photographs. From my earliest moments as a child, I can remember my mom taking pictures of everything, yes, literally EVERYTHING!! My siblings and I have all our first moments, first days of schools, dances, school programs, sporting events, holidays, get togethers and on and on. You name it, I'm sure my mom has a picture of it. It annoys me at times, but photos are very important to me. Our refrigerator is covered with photos of important and fun times we have had lately and new babies my friends have had recently. I think photos are a great way to save a memory and look at it at later time to remember how much fun you were having. So, if I had to take 3 small items with me, it would be three different photographs. My brother got married this summer and my entire extended family was able to make it and we have a large family photo of all of us, which never happens! I would definately take this with me and share it with new people that I may run into. I can show them my family and talk about the fun we were having at my brother's wedding. The second thing I would take with me is my photo book I just made recently of my boyfriend's and I trip to Italy last year. It documents everywhere we went and I love showing it to people. The last group of photos I would take with me is a photo book I made for a girlfriend of mine when she got married a few years back. It is all of our pictures from the time we met in college to her wedding.
If I arrived and I was only allowed to keep one item, I would choose the family photo from my brother's wedding. It shows the most important people in my life and is a memory I love thinking about.
I have realized that a lot of my family culture is tied to the pictures we take. I come from a close knit family and I am lucky because I see my extended family on a pretty regular basis, which is important to me. We document all of our moments and share them with each other. To me, family is extremely important and I feel photographs are a great way to preserve all of the wonderful memories we have together.
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ReplyDeleteMy husband says the same thing about photographs, I call him and his brother the paparazzi. They are forever taking pictures, capturing those special moments.
Thanks for sharing
I chose photographs as well. and some other things. but photos are important. I always cry when I see families who loose their pictures in house fires. I hope you had fun in Italy
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ReplyDeleteI think I fall into the category with your mother because I take pictures of everything. We recently went to Charleston, SC and did the Historic tour in a horse and buggy. Afterwards we went for a walk along the water. When we left to go back to the hotel I looked in the backseat and my son had his mouth open, eyes shut and was snoring. I couldn't resist the urge to take a picture. I love to catch my family at their most awkward moments. I think the strangest picture I have is when my sister was giving birth to my nephew. She was really showing herself, so I caught every moment of it. Of course, I didn't take embarrassing pictures of her that I couldn't show anyone. I make a point to show them to my nephew when he doesn't want to listen to her. I let him know that he put her through enough before he got here. We use it as a time to laugh also because she made some UGLY. I have a photo album dedicated to both of my sons from the time they were babies to the present. I try to capture each moment. Continue to take your pictures and I hope that in the future you will be creating a photo album of "your" wedding pictures.
Amber, we was thinking alike when it came to memories. As one of my three items I also too photo's of my family. Family is one thing that was given to us and we should cherish the moments that we have with them. All families have differnt cultures and no one understands them better than the individuals in the family.
ReplyDeleteAmber, I chose photos as well. It is hard to get those precious moments back to visually see and remind us. I have a family history of Alzheimer's on both sides. I have pictures of generations of families, myself growing up in Germany and many parts of the States, when my husband and I first met in Germany, when we married, birth of my two boys,family vacations & family reunions, the unique things the boys did growing up until now and so on. I would hope to share these with their children and their children's children and so on.
ReplyDeleteYour family pictures seem very important to you, I know it would be hard to only take one item with you. My family and i are very close also so I kow how important your pictures are.
ReplyDeletePictures tell so many stories and hold so many memories Amber. They were on my list as well. Great post!
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