I have been looking through a box of old family papers and photographs today.
It is poignant to read my grandparents’ letters and see their old photographs. Some of the pictures are over 100 years old !
One of the most striking things is that photos from my grandparents’ childhoods (1900-1920ish) are so similar to those of their children and indeed my own childhood.
Give or take the style of clothing and colour photography, as children we did the same sort of things – play on the beach, pose for pictures with proud parents, play in the garden etc etc……
It’s odd to be able to see photographs of 4 children, knowing that each is one of my grandparents…..without them, I would not be. They were me 100 years ago !
It reinforces my belief in the cycle of life…we are born, develop, pair off, breed, raise young, wither and die.
I can see my grandparents as children knowing how their lives would develop. Knowing who the little girl or boy would marry, how many children they would have, and where they would live and work.
Also when and how they would die. The only difference between them and me is time…..
Their cycle has been completed, mine is still current. They are now the past, I am still the present.
In 100 years someone may be looking at photos of me wondering who was that person, what was his story…. it’s up to me to make it an interesting read !!!
So yeah... 