The minister started his children's sermon this morning by asking if any of them knew what a scrapbook was? Then he said, "It was a really popular way to preserve photos in the 1900s." OMG! He was so right. It was a popular thing of the last century. He went on to talk about all the photos he has saved on his iPad and how it (technology) has replaced the scrapbook. There was much more to this opening, but it was the scrapbook, 1900s, and technology that had me thinking and rethinking about my blog postings.
1. We have dear friends and acquaintances who are not on Facebook so do not see my postings of proud grandparent moments or other what I consider worthy posting activities. Some of them remind me that I haven't posted in a couple of months.
2. Hubby, especially, uses the blog as a way of looking back at what we did, where we went, what was happening, and how much the grandkids have grown and changed...like one would if it were a scrapbook. We also use the blog posts to verify the year, date, location, etc. of a specific item or event we can't remember.
3. Back in the 1900s, I did make scrapbooks and photo albums. Both were a lot of work. Nobody looks at the scrapbooks or photo albums. Once the picture was printed, it was done. (Who saved the negatives?) I have probably a hundred or more printed photos (from the 1900s) that did not make it into a scrapbook or photo album. They are still aligned in a shoe box, in the envelope marked with a year (if they are lucky).
3. Since the 21st century, I have thousands of photos to commemorate a person, place, activity, occasion, etc., but only I have access to those thousands of photos. (Only 8400 are on my phone. The other 40K are on a back-up device.) If I do not share the photos, who will remember? Who will know what happened last month? Last year?
All of this is to say, what I post may not be of interest or importance to you, but it is a visual reminder of something important to me, to us. So Thank You Pastor Jason for reminding me why I need to continue posting on my blog. Not just when we take a trip. Not just to post proud grandparent moments, but to post the everyday things to help us remember the changes, the events, the people.
There will be new blog posts starting now. I have lots to share in our family scrapbook.