– Me, Ethan, Matt, David –
This is taking a step back in the time. This was taken at Matt’s 8th grade graduation. To me, Matt still looks pretty much the same, a little more filled out. Unfortunately, the rest of us have filled out as well, but not in a good way.
– Aunt June, Aunt Jo, Aunt Ida Mae, & Mom –
I know who…I just don’t know where. My first thought was this was taken outside Mom’s apartment. But at closer look, its not. This is Mom and her 3 sisters … my wonderful aunts. They have all taken me under their wing at one time or the other in their own way.
Quite honestly, I looked at this picture, and thought to myself, “who IS the lady on the left”? It was the glasses that threw me. Because of that, I’m venturing to say this was taken early 90’s.
Ethan spent alot of time with my mom, as well as Aunt Jo. I think he knows my life history better than I do. As I approach the age of 50, I get frustrated because there is so much I don’t remember. In recent times, as well as over the years. It is all part of the aging process. It only stands to reason the older I get, the more I am going to forget.
The purpose of this blog is play a game of “Remember When”. I have ordered some books with some guided questions to write an autobiography. I also have some CDs that my uncle made from the hundreds if not thousands of pictures my mom had.
My original thought with this blog was to focus on “Shrimplin” pictures. But, as I opened the files of thse pictures, there are lots of pictures of my children, when they were younger. They are all part of the “Remember When” process as well. Because there are so many pictures to chose from, and I could literally spend hours just trying to decide which one to write about — I am going to go file by file, picture by picture. I won’t post every single picture that is burnt on the CD, but there may be some that I don’t write anything about. I just want it to be part of this process that I am attempting here.