As Ferris Bueller famously said, “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in awhile, you could miss it.” He wasn’t the smartest when it came to school attendance, but the kid knows something about living.

In the blink of an eye my freshman year of college flew by and I figured out that life is short and it moves very fast. However, I’ve been able to capture tidbits of this whirlwind of a year through the tiny lens on my phone.

I’m happy to say that I have a plethora of pictures from this past year that I can look back on when I miss the carefree times of freshman year. My friends are always giving me crap about how I have my phone open on Snapchat, or the camera, taking pictures. However, I’ve always loved that, because of a picture, I have captured a moment that is now gone.

I take too many pictures, and you should too because the little moments you experience throughout your life are fleeting. The little girl you’ve been babysitting since she was one year old will soon be off to kindergarten. Your puppy won’t be a puppy in a few short months. The moment you are living in right now will never happen again.

It's been a habit of mine for years. I always seem to be living behind the lens of a camera, but it's amazing and the view from there is beautiful. I have captured birthday parties, baseball games, proms, sweet sixteens, and everything in between. From behind my lens I have watched my little sister grow from a little day old cherub to a little 8 year old devil and I've watched my little brother grow into his big head.

My family members roll their eyes. Adults say that our generation never looks away from our phones. People complain that at concerts everyone is just watching through the screen of their phones. Has anyone ever thought that maybe, just maybe, they are capturing moments that are important to them?

Forgive me for taking "too many" pictures. I'm trying my best to capture the moment that I am living in and the people sharing it with me. I’m going to take a video of that song in concert. I’m going to take a picture of my friends playing Kan Jam on the beach. And you are damn right I am going to take hundreds of pictures of my dog. Why? Because these are all things I love. These are things that I’ll miss one day when I’m not at that concert, or it’s the middle of winter, or I’m back at college and my dog is home.

Like I said, this year of college has flown by and I can only imagine how fast the next three will go. So, I will continue to fill my camera roll up to maximum capacity with memories I've made. While you're rolling your eyes at how many pictures I've taken, I'll be sending them to you so that you can have those memories too. You're welcome.