This was so beautiful! I LOVE reminiscing, but I often wonder how good it is for us. The other thing that I often ponder is how some of my memories only exist because I have the physical photos to give them shape and the stories told by parents and grandparents. I wonder if this part of our lives — the admittedly most documented part — will ever feel hazy, or if we’ll always have photos and videos to come back to and verify memories. Thank you for writing this!🥰
Thank you so much for reading, Fruzsina! You are so right– at times I wonder if I am a slave to remembering, if I am so caught up in my fear of forgetting. But I think it's really powerful to come to terms with how important nostalgia is to me. I've found a poetic comfort in that haziness, and hope you can too! I think there is so much value in focusing on what we DO remember, as opposed to what we don't, even if it is disjointed and imperfect, it is still ours. I really appreciate you taking the time to comment, so thanks again!
This was so beautiful! I LOVE reminiscing, but I often wonder how good it is for us. The other thing that I often ponder is how some of my memories only exist because I have the physical photos to give them shape and the stories told by parents and grandparents. I wonder if this part of our lives — the admittedly most documented part — will ever feel hazy, or if we’ll always have photos and videos to come back to and verify memories. Thank you for writing this!🥰
Thank you so much for reading, Fruzsina! You are so right– at times I wonder if I am a slave to remembering, if I am so caught up in my fear of forgetting. But I think it's really powerful to come to terms with how important nostalgia is to me. I've found a poetic comfort in that haziness, and hope you can too! I think there is so much value in focusing on what we DO remember, as opposed to what we don't, even if it is disjointed and imperfect, it is still ours. I really appreciate you taking the time to comment, so thanks again!