Saver
Quite often, I have been referred to as the “picture queen” by my friends and family. It’s a long, known fact that any time I am around, a TON of picture-taking will ensue. My family will sometimes groan loudly when they see the camera come out, and then silliness will follow. I end up taking several pictures trying to get “the” best shot because of their shenanigans.
Then the questions start, “WHY do you take soooooo many pictures?!”
Because I am a memory saver. That’s what I do!
I take so many pictures because I want to look back fondly on those memories in years to come. I want to relive those moments, and in flipping through old pictures, I am allowed to take a step back in time to reminisce.
This has been so important to me through the years because of the family and friends we have lost along the way. I don’t want to ever “wish” I could see their face again. I want to surround myself with pictures of them so I can forever look back at the times we were happy together.
Long after a person has passed away, I want their memory alive in the stories we share about them. I want them to live on through us and the pictures we took.
Memories are so special to me, and I want to safeguard them! That’s why I write on this blog as well. I pray there is never a time when my memory fails me. I don’t want dementia or Alzheimers to take me away from my family. I want my memory to be as clear and vivid as the day we shared special events and happenings together. I want to preserve as much here as I can for my daughters, should they wish to read my words one day.
Common
I often sit thinking whether or not it is common for other people to feel the way I do. Most of the time I feel alone and lost. I don’t feel like I am part of anything or that I fit in anywhere. I am by myself so I don’t have any one around that I can talk to when I need to talk. Then again there is my issue with not being very trusting of letting out how I feel about things because of the way I have been burned in the past.
That makes me wonder a lot about how other people feel about things and why they do the things they do. Is it common for people to act a certain way because they have some hidden want to need that they feel needs to be fulfilled and it doesn’t matter what they need to do or say for them to get it?
Danger
With all I’ve posted thus far about meeting someone online and then meeting them in person, we do still need to consider the danger that exists in our world today. Just this weekend, I read about a woman meeting a man online and taking it further by meeting in person. In this instance, as the article read, there was alcohol and drugs involved, and an argument soon enraged the couple. This story had a tragic ending as the man violently took the woman’s life!
In another article I read, a 76-year-old man posted an ad for a puppy he was selling. Someone reached out to him, and an agreement was made between the two parties to meet at a restaurant. There, they would exchange the money for the puppy. Sadly, the individual shot the man, leaving him for dead, and fled with the puppy!
When we decided to take our friendship outside of the “box” (our computers) and meet “in the real world,” we did so after MANY years of friendship. We knew each other because we shared intimate details of our lives. We shared our deepest, darkest secrets and fears. Every trial we faced was shared, and our friends rallied around us to offer support and encouragement. Happiness and good times were shared also through the years. But my point is the YEARS of our friendship ensured our safety when we finally met in person.
Be wary of those you meet online, yes! You can never be too careful here. But also know that not everyone on the internet is out to get you or cause you harm. There are good, honest people out there, just like my friends and I.
