Moving on....?

Happy Valentine's Day.
Now for my strange journey through the day.
I decided to go through one of the 7 or 8 boxes of pictures I have saved throughout life. As I sorted through the prints and negatives, I realized that I could have been a rich man if it wasn't for the camera! I must have thrown out 60 packs of negatives.....one of them was marked $3.26 for developing. I could have bought some Apple stock and been a millionaire!
Something else that amazed me.....negatives were dated and labeled with a topic! In other words, at one point in my life I was organized! I never realized that.
And at times I did tear up.
I looked at one picture of my family with all the relatives surrounding my mom and dad. Aunt Kay, who once was a stockbroker, one of the first female ones in Chicago. Uncle Jim, the natural born salesman. Rondy, the diamond dealer. Bee, who still had 20 year old canned tomatoes in her garage. She insisted even though they were purple, her neighbors loved them. Her husband Henry, a photographer extraordinaire. Floyd the perv. My brother Dennis. All of them are gone now, and of the 20 or so adults in the picture there are only a couple of us left.
Pictures of Julia and Emily as young girls. Jackie as a long haired young woman, and Jackie with what looks to be a soccer ball on her head. A baby. A relatively good looking guy with a beard, which I never knew I did grow.

Family.

I always wanted riches, fame, and a great car. I honestly wonder what my life would have been like if I had it. Certainly the pictures would have changed..... some would not even be taken.

And it all went past so quickly, like a flash.

So on this Valentine's Day, embrace the family.

I'll let you embrace my family in photos. Some are easily recognizable. Some may not be.

Hope you enjoy them as much as I did taking them.