In the movie, Safe Haven, Katie steps in as a new motherly figure to two children and boyfriend Alex. But the two children's birth mother gave Katie some wonderful advice on how to capture the sweet moments of life that we tend to miss. And I for one absolutely love her advice to Katie.
For those of you that know me, you know that I am a bit of a picture taker no matter what the quality is. No matter the moment, I will forever be caught saying "smile" with my phone in the air already to snap a picture. By far I realize that my photography skills are very poor and compare nothing to an actual photographer, but it's the point of just snapping that moment that means a lot to me.
A lot of times we find ourselves in the moment of something and then the next thing we know it, it's gone. I for one struggled with this as a child, especially with the loss of loved ones that I have gone through in my life time. I would kill for pictures with them, or of them, just to try and remember them. The few pictures that I do have mean the absolute world to me.
To all the people that I do come in contact with daily or every so often, I am not sorry. Me putting my phone up in the air and snapping a picture or asking a random stranger to take our picture means I want to save this moment forever and tell people about it. When I moved into my townhouse this summer, I started a picture wall and it has expanded very nicely from that time and literally every picture has a meaning behind it and a sweet memory that I hold with each one of those people.
Yes, I might take a picture at a very inopportune time or tell everyone "okay we need a group picture," but that is my snapshot of that time I had then. 2016 was filled with so many great times and opportunities for me and some really amazing people, and I felt like just yesterday I was stuck in January and then was just getting my townhouse in April. And just like that it's January 2nd again. There is a reason they call us the human race, and it's because we never slow down long enough. That gives me such a motivation to snap as many pictures as I can and if someone else is taking them is why I immediately say, "save and send!"
Whenever I am sick or having a long day I can look at these memories and these great people in my life and it immediately fills my heart and makes me laugh. These are supposed to be the best days of our lives, why not capture the adventures and endless laughs? Why not have an ample amount of pictures to show your great grand kids one day when they ask what your college life was like? After these sweet moments have come and gone I can forever cherish each one. One of my personal goals and promises to myself is to take lots of pictures and only regret the ones that I didn't take.
