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"Look at this photograph. Every time I do it makes me laugh." - Nickelback

"A good snapshot stops a moment from running away." - Eudora Wetly

I am very lucky. My grandmother was a fantastic keeper of memories. Photographs with names, dates (most of the time), clippings, and other fantastic memorabilia. Love it.

Note above (there are pictures of): me as a child (lower middle in blue dress), my father and his siblings, my son, my husband, my great-grandparents in various stages of life (including their engagement photos and anniversary - bet you can find that one), my brother, my wonderful cousin with her Raggedy Ann birthday cake. I can go through these over and over and never tire of them.

I am so thankful that I come from a long line of photograph lovers. I now have many photos of my great-grandmother as a baby and young mother. My great-grandmother died when grandma was just a girl. My grandma lost her mother, brother and father all before she was 25. I can't imagine, however I can look back at them and remember the many stories my grandma told me through out the years.

Now it is my job to organize the photos I have been entrusted with. I'm thinking a heritage album is in order. (and of course I will be scanning some to share...)

"A photograph is memory in the raw." - Carrie Latet