I have a lot of pictures stored in my phone and the cloud. At present, there are 5,700 photos in my phone and I suppose they are in the cloud too. I love looking at photographs! My dad planted this in me at an early age and I hope it is something I will spend more time with in the future. Think about it! When you sit down and look at old photographs, if you are one of those people that still has albums you get lost for a while. Time sort of disappears as you rummage through memories.

I like to go back through the 5,700 picture on my phone and I get lost too. I see my children as they age through the years. Sometimes I come across a video of their voices and the wonderful way they say words as they were learning to talk. Some of the memories are so bittersweet you feel you could cry if you linger too long. Sometimes I find pictures of my former students and I see them then and now. I feel pride, joy, and sometimes even sadness as I have watched their lives unfold into adulthood.

Life to me is such a gift and time is such a precious realization. You see this as you learn to search for the tiny thread that runs through your own life and the lives of others to which you are connected. It is truly a beautiful thing which summons so much gratitude.