I'm just wondering if I'm normal...
Do you ever get a pang of nostalgia that is almost painful?
Last night as I was knitting, tweeting and listening to Q&A, with my laptop on my lap (well, that's what it was made for, right?). My screensaver of photos started up and these came up in succession...
Sometimes I can look at photos like these and just smile and think "Awwww".
But sometimes they grab hold of my heart, give it a squeeze and tug me right back to that time and place.
And the memory hurts just a little, because that time and place is gone.
Does this ever happen to you?
YES! And you kind of sit there thinking, "I really wish I savoured that moment more when it was actually happening". I love looking at old photos and it always makes me feel nostalgic - usually in a good way though :)
ReplyDeleteAll the time. So many really happy times that I don't think I had the time to really appreciate...across eras of time and countries, I always feel I have taken stuff for granted....
ReplyDeleteI wish I had better memories of those moments. Definitely didn't appreciate them as much as I could have at the time.
ReplyDeleteAnd we are so not a photo taking family. That means less tangible things to remind us of the precious and special times.
Okay this is too deep for me on a Friday morning.
Absolutely. It can be sort of bittersweet looking through old pics. :) xx
ReplyDeleteMum has photos of my little sis and I with our late Grandad, which to this day, I struggle to look at without bursting into tears... mostly because I'm sad that he passed away before I was mature enough to tell him I loved him, and that his silence, which exacerbated others, only made me love him more.
ReplyDeleteI get this all the time. Makes me sad :(
ReplyDeleteI get this all the time. Makes me sad :(
ReplyDeleteIt's why we need to enjoy every moment xx
ReplyDeleteAll the time. Bittersweet isn't it.
ReplyDeleteIn my case, it's smells and songs that throw me back years. Sometimes I just turn on the music and let myself float back in time. I always remember myself as happier than I am now, but eventually I shake myself and remember to take stock of everything beautiful in my life!
ReplyDeleteOh my, those eyes on your gorgeous little girl.
ReplyDeleteFunnily enough we did this the other night. I got Mad a computer and started loading some photos off a disk I found.
Time just flies and it scares the shit out of me Thea. Or Fea. I kind of like that x
The best thing about having photos is that they take you back there :) The moment is never lost when you can go back & remember :)
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