First steps
Wonderful experience on the weekend. Easter weekend took my family and I to the local mall for some spring shopping when we noticed a crowd of people gathered around a woman and there was some clapping and cheering coming from the group. I raced over with my kids to see what the excitement was all about.
There in the middle of the crowd was a small child, arms in the air with a giant smile on her face. The mom had a priceless look on her face. Her child was taking its first steps. The entire crowd was cheering the child on! I asked my oldest daughter to quickly take some pictures. Luckily we had a camera and could capture that incrdible moment for her.
Sometimes we don’t have a way of capturing incredible moments. There isn’t a picture of me taking my first steps or my first dive. Today with digital cameras and email we can capture moments and send them to friends and family so quickly, so easily. Keep track of your moments in a journal, a scrap book or on your computer. Our past builds our future. Embrace it.
Here is today’s question… read it, write it, answer it and share it here on the STUpendous BLOG!
What are your favourite memories that you didn’t have a camera for? What are those moments that you wished you would have been able to record?
Today’s pictures is of those first steps. Incredible moments…
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Thanks for this blog. Your picture brought me to tears…tears of joy and validation that there is lots of love out there for our fellow man (look at those specatators’ faces). Enjoy your day!
Wow Stu! That is amazing that you and your children got to experience such a wonderful moment in that family’s life!
I though long and hard about what I would reply to your blog question with. I mean there are so many instances that I have said “Man I wish I had a camera!”, but I wanted to pick important ones in my life, so that if I could only have ‘x’ number of photos, these would be it. After thinking for a while I came up with 2 moments.
1) I would love a picture of my 18th birthday at Brewery Bay just as Richard Clark was smashing whip cream in my face, and of course no one had a camera. I was surrounded by my great friends and family, had a HUGE chocolate cake in front of me, and was laughing so hard that whip cream came out my nose! That is a birthday that I will never forget, but would love a photo so I could have captured my genuine happiness.
2) My second photo to recapture would be a picture of my dad and I umpiring together. Umpiring baseball games were the few times that my dad and I spent more than a few minutes together as both of our schedules are very hectic. When I am on the field with my dad I feel happy and content. The game does not seem like an inconvenience or a job, it is just quality time with my dad where I can learn from him, back him up, and have a great time doing something together that we love. It is a moment in time where a camera would be able to capture a genuinemoment between my dad and I.
Great question! Thanks for letting me relive some of my favourite memories!
Pam
What are your favourite memories that you didn’t have a camera for? What are those moments that you wished you would have been able to record?
There are alot to consider here, but I’ll try and include a just few from various points in my life.
1) Scoring a seemingly impossibly tri agaisnt Twin Lakes SS as captain of my rugby team…The disbeleif on everyone’s face was unbelievable- it was the first tri scored on a perfect team’s season, all because I didn’t give up on a play.
2) Watching a harvest moon rise up over Strawberry Island week 6 ‘06. My camera was sealed in a dry bag at the bottom of the canoe, and we were pressed for time, but it is a view I will never forget.
3) A very snowy night around christmas time at park street. I was late joining the rest of the SAC carrolling in the neighbourhood, and snow was coming down pretty good. All I had to do was wander around the neighbourhood, as I got closer and closer to the laughter.
There’s tonnes more, but I best be getting back to my essay…
Another Great One Stu.
Can’t wait til all the springstaff can be together doin’ this in person.
Jessome
I wish I could have a picture of the first time I made my parents smile. So many incredible things happen in childhood that we cannot remember! My mother and I have never been apart from each other for longer than three weeks in my entire life, so she has spent the last (almost) 21 years being a Mom (ha ha, I’m such a momma’s girl), giving her time and her love and her energy — I really wish I could remember the very *first* time I started giving back.
When I have kids of my own, heck yeah, I’m going to take lots of pictures of them, but I’m also going to take pictures of their world and their family, so they get a chance to see the amazing way they grew up and the people who made it happen!
-Carolyn
“listen: there’s a hell of a good universe next door; let’s go”
e.e. cummings
This is a pretty cool question. I would have liked to have a camera when I met up with my best friend Karin in London’s Heathrow Airport last year. We screamed, we cried, we hugged. It was out of a movie. All the bystanders looked concerned, because of our ear piercing screams. A great memory.
I would have also liked a picture of Trish and Julianna’s face when I surprised them at the YLCC Family Christmas Party this past December. I LOVEE surprises so much, and this was one of my best.
~Ann Marie