Kodachrome Memories

When I think of my most precious moments I have had, I just want to have them suspended in front of my mind like a virtual window of mini pix. Just like when I pull up my photo gallery on my phone, there they are. I click on one. I am there. 

It stresses me out to think any photo is wandering out there in cyber space and I can't find it yet know it is there. 

I wonder why this is with me? Am I afraid that time will steal my memory forever? All those wonderful moments I saw through a lens are my mind. I consciously thought that was a moment worth preserving.

I have thousands of digital photos and others in print.

I love all of them for one reason or another. 

Sometimes when I go through old ones that my father took or others I see a time they saw through their lens. It was expensive to get professional prints made. Casual Kodachrome slides ruled for a while and 8 mm home movies. We sat on the beach squinting into the sun. Parents sat and smoked on Christmas as we tore into gifts and threw paper.

Family reunions had us gathered in tight groups to get everyone in. Sometimes we hated our hair or that we were a little overweight and hid behind someone else! You know that's true. 

But in the end, we were enjoying our lives. Living and having fun. 

So, next time you browse through the old photo boxes at mom's house, remember they were preserving their happiness for you to enjoy today!

Cathy Windham