pictures
I almost never look at old pictures I’ve taken. At home I have a two big storage containers full lof photos from high school, college, and China. The thing about photos is, they make me miss the people and times in them.
One of my students in New York just emailed me the picture of our class that we took on Friday. It strikes me that someday I’ll look back at this photo and think of the good times I had with that class. I may even wish to go back in time to June 2006.
After I got Fun Chun’s email, I decided to look at some of my other photos on my computer. I have a lot from Qingdao, China. 2004-2005 was a good year. There were so many things going on at that time. There were the students, friends, enemies, people that made me sick, so many people that made me happy, and the whole family feeling of Baishan School. And, there was Michelle. I still feel bad about her. The picture that I have of her shows her smiling in the bright sunlight on the soccer field. It was Korea Day at school. That’s how I always think of her too; smiling and bright like the sun. I hope she’s doing well and is happy.
I took pictures this past weekend with Susan. We went to Pennsylvania for one of her friends’ weddings. It was out in the middle of nowhere and the church and reception area were on a hill. You could see for miles around. There were very few houses and even less noise. Susan was happy to see her friends again. The friend getting married is Susan’s old roommate from college. Other than the two of us, the only other asians at the family were a filipino couple. Everyone else was a country bumpkin. Nice folks though. Susan was thrilled to hang out with her old friends and there’s a photo of her on the grass with four other girls. The sun was bright and there was a nice breeze. A perfect day for a wedding. The girls are smiling and laughing, waiting for the (in my mind) dreaded bouquet toss. Someone must have said something funny because all five girls are laughing in the picture. Susan looks pretty in her black dress and pearls.
I don’t like to look at my old pictures too often. They make me miss people and times. I think I may look back at these photos and smile though. These are good times.
