Memory Keeping Gifts

"I can't remember half of the fun I had - and I probably forgot the other half - but I know that it was with you."

"Hi Mom...do you remember in which grade I was given an award for my excellent performance of the song about little ducks?"

"Oh, not much. Just sitting here sifting through an old scrapbook of past injustices and imagined slights."

"Would you like to see our quarantine photos?"

'I took this photo to bring back memories but the only thing I can remember about the day is that I took this photograph.'

Elderly people lose friends to the pandemic

"One moment while Mommy waxes nostalgic."

"I always print every photo from phone. I feel I need to hardcopy all my memories."

"This is a picture from I don't know when...this one is from somewhere...I don't remember this at all...Oh, how I love looking at all our memories!"

"Mom, it's us...I know we're late...but we wanted you to know we still think about you. And that you'll always be in our hearts. Happy Mother's Day..."

"When I moved here after your mother passed... The first thing I did was make this altar...so I could pray for her. But your father said, 'Just no photos.'"

Grandparents Anonymous

Leaving Behind 2015.

'That's a picture of my granddad with shoulder length hair and a beard. That's why mom calls these albums hair looms.'

'More pictures of your kids. Wow, they've really grown since yesterday.'

Coping with losing a partner.

'I never forget any of my girlfriends.'

Doug's attacking days were over, but he still had his memories..and his trophy case.

Crafty Beer: "I'm making a scrapbook of when you were still fermenting."

Our special place.

'Lost Diary'

"When I was 5 years old, I put all my money in a pickle jar. Of course, my money was soggy and the pickles tasted funny."

"I'm still working on mt childhood memories."

"Should we send a card to that couple we met in Cornwall, in 1993?"

"Fuzzy Wuzzy was my first love."

"My sister will be down in a minute. In the meantime here's some photos of her in big underpants when she had the flu."

"Jack, I'm looking through these old love letters, faded flowers and other sentimental objects meant to inspire tender memories… junk?"

"I'm going to talk about the summer before last, it was much more fun."

Historical memory is on life support.

"Those are the names of your children? I went a different route...I memorized my kids' names."

"10th Anniversary Woodstock Reunion'

Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda

"Remember back in the day when I was a real heartbreaker?" "Riiight... now the only thing you break is wind."

Photographer Phone: 'Okay everybody, SMILE!'

Super Strength, Impervious to Bullets And Explosions