-There was a secret passageway from the bathroom to the basement and we used it for more than dirty clothes.
-I didn't go there as often as I should have.
-We used to watch scary movies and I hated scary movies. But we ate popcorn and we replaced our parents with lots of blankets.
-They used to be young. We all used to be so young.
-My Vietnamese friend came by one time and he didn't feel welcome.
-It's where I learned how to roll up a sleeping bag.
-They made my parents and my parents made me and God made all of us.
-I only saw them on holidays. I wonder what they were like on normal days.
-Drinking and swearing and laughing and do we have to go home already?
-The pictures make us think that they lived black and white lives, but nothing is ever that simple.
-She cooked the best rolls and I've never felt safer.
-He painted the best Easters and he painted the best Christmases.
-Now the only time we see each other is funerals and weddings, but I don't seem to remember the weddings anymore.
-It was another world, but it was barely an hour away.
-These memories are pictures of pictures.
-I wonder how much my own kids will forget.
"The pictures make us think that they lived black and white lives, but nothing is ever that simple."
ReplyDeleteI feel like I'm looking through your old photographs. I don't know the people in them, but there's a story in each one.
ReplyDeleteFreak Nels! That was pretty darn creative
ReplyDelete" We replace our parents with lots of blankets" #true
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photographs.
ReplyDeleteInforming title. I love the title too much. Thast a good thing.
All of it, refreshing.