In the hallway of my house is a box with thousands of old pictures. Treasure I walked past without thinking. This week my son took a day to go through some of those, and we shared the treasure of past days together. He inspired a beautiful day.
Pictures of scenery, sunsets long gone were set aside, barely noted. The pictures of people, now much older, or passed on, are now priceless, and cherished.
I realized more deeply the value of those pictures as I looked at them and it was an emotional day for me. I am not John Wayne.
Those were days of film and taking the film to be processed at the drugstore. Pictures were taken one at a time and processing was expensive. How many people now wish they had been less thrifty and had more pictures of those long past days.
I found treasure today, pictures of family, that for me are priceless and irreplaceable.
Do you have a box tucked away with photos from days past? Time well spent for me was pulling out that box and smiling broadly with the odd tear.
Thanks for reading.
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- Halloween, my daughter loves
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- My son loves laser tag
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- My wife & daughter share their birthday
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- a young Africa the cat
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- cake !
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- many moons ago
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- heartwarming memories
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- big sister she was then
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- A old pic of me
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- My dear Baba
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- my daughter M
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- My kind Guido
Life and Random Thinking 
Beautiful pictures! More beautiful memories!
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Yes, the pictures and memories are beautiful.Thank you for commenting
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😀
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My mom had a huge, Santa-like sack of photos which we went through before she moved to the nursing home. I also have lots and lots of photos of my kids growing up. Photos are so important for bringing back memories. I wonder how it will be, say, 40 or 50 years down the road when all we have are digital photos – and those might not even work with whatever technology is in place then. Hopefully, not too many memories will be lost.
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How wonderful to have all those photos. I am told writing names and dates on the back is a nice idea
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Very Sweet !
On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 9:52 AM, Life and Random Thinking wrote:
> dfolstad58 posted: ” In the hallway of my house is a box with thousands > of old pictures. Treasure I walked past without thinking. This week my son > took a day to go through some of those, and we shared the treasure of past > days together. He inspired a beautiful day. ” >
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This was beautiful!
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Thanks!
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Priceless memories. I have a similar box ticked away in a closet which I go through from time to time. Great post.
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Thank you Jennie ☺
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You’re welcome. 🙂
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thanks for sharing your time Dave. Ive been longing to crack open my video treasures.
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Good idea!
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I have an unopened box of old Christmas ornaments that my father left at my house 20 years ago. He’s passed on, and the box lies nearly forgotten in our garage, but I’m going to finally go through it this summer. I’m not sure what to expect.
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That could inspire a post 👍
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Such a beautiful heartwarming post. Love those pictures.
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I am so happy you enjoy my blog and you looking around at different posts. It means a great deal to me your comments and feedback.
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Thank you for visiting ‘ComeFlywithme’. I look forward to reading more of your posts and thanks for the connection. 🙂
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