Say Cheese! PLEASE!

This blog isn’t about me.  This is about you.  I love looking at your digital representations of reality--whip out that cell phone, fluff  your hair, suck in your stomach and take a selfie

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I’m not too proud to say-- I love seeing the pictures of your life.  Think of me as the grandma that is so, so proud of her kids....nothing better! 

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I like watching your families.....the hopes, the dreams, the aspirations, the frustrations, the successes, the challenges.  I’m your audience.  The old pictures of people I don’t know, the places I’ve never been, the weather you’re having-- it is fascinating.  I read your cut-lines, laugh at your cartoons, and  wish I had written your e-cards.  I giggle at your jokes, enjoy your smiles, and tenderly think of all of you.

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The month of May is my  “Black Friday" for photos.  The graduations, birthdays, Mother’s Day, summer vacations, "decorating of the graves", bad weather, good weather, flowers, gardens, ball games, honors’ nights....I’m there.  Your cars, your children, your children’s children, my grandchildren, your activities, the pets, the lonely pets, your meals.....get my drift?  I like looking.

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This past week, I was relishing the pictures of a young man who got me off the sofa after Mike died...”My momma says I can get a ice cream cone if I can get you out of the house.” I was sad, but I wasn’t mean.  Yep, I got right up and went with him.  That was 11+ years ago.... Jason is going to the Air Force Academy.....but the other day, he was just starting to learn to read.  Where does the time go?  The pictures prove that time passes.

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Be it attending prom (the dresses today are just so pretty), having a new babies, hiking a trail in Norway, creating yummy cookies that are works of art, designing new gardens, loving old dogs, celebrating-(I have my “first” veterinarian!), I’m there right beside you.   Marriages, reorganization of life (one friend said that was a fancy way to say divorce), catching fish, dancing, attending things--concerts, Georgia Football, Lacrosse....there’s not enough time to mention everything enjoyable 'cause I like it all.

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AND, please,  keep those pictures coming!