BY MIA FREEDMAN Welcome to Mamamia’s Wednesday tradition that is open post of the week. Once a week we dispense with a theme and just open the post to you and anything you want to talk about.
On My Mind (OMM): I am constantly tortured by the idea that I’m not capturing memories. That I’m failing to record all those special moments. So periodically, I go into a frenzy of photo taking, inspired by the thought of all those heart-warming images I’ll have on film. And then … what?
The biggest challenge in documenting modern life is what you do with all the evidence. Invariably, all those digital photos start piling up in different place – Facebook, Twitter, blogs, flickr, iphoto, your phone, various hard drives….. waiting accusingly for you to DO SOMETHING WITH THEM, DAMMIT.
People have been observing for a while now that we are the generation who won’t leave anything behind (other than, yo know, environmental damage).
I have boxes of letters and photos going back to primary school but the letters stop in the nineties and the photos stop around 2004 when life began to go virtual.
My teenage son has half a dozen photo albums documenting his babyhood. A few years later when my daughter was born? Not a tangible thing. Yes, she has albums but between one child and the next, this word has come to represent something entirely different – a collection of photos on my computer. Sure, there are hundreds of them – and even the odd digital album I’ve made – but where my firstborn will have volumes of actual albums and boxes of photos, she’ll have … a hard disk or 5? And don’t even get me started on my third child. He just has some snaps on my phone. OH THE GUILT.
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HI all, would love some feedback if you dont mind....
I am a new mum, (baby is almost 1) with my partner (have been in relationship since 2010) my MIL is a nasty bit of gear and has caused a lot of grief for us as a couple and me in particular.
My partner told me tonight if anything happens to us (i.e. we die) he wants our son to go to his youngest brother, who only recently married his partner who does not respond to my emails nor has she sent an email asking how her new nephew is. So please imagine how I feel right now and adivse me on what to do ..... I have a sister and brother with children who love me, my partner and my child, and would be able to care for my son emotionally and financially, but my partner would not want this as 'they have already had kids'. Please help... feeling lost.
Omm: royal brisbane hospital urology dept is shit....I'm getting counselling after the terrible treatment I've had. A botched op followed by another failed attempt & very poor service if you'd call it that. Sadly our health system is just soo terrible & I had to experience it 1st hand :(
HI all, would love some feedback if you dont mind....
I am a new mum, (baby is almost 1) with my partner (have been in relationship since 2010) my MIL is a nasty bit of gear and has caused a lot of grief for us as a couple and me in particular.
My partner told me tonight if anything happens to us (i.e. we die) he wants our son to go to his youngest brother, who only recently married his partner who does not respond to my emails nor has she sent an email asking how her new nephew is. So please imagine how I feel right now and adivse me on what to do ..... I have a sister and brother with children who love both me, my partner and my child, but my partner would not want this as 'they have already had kids'. Please help... feeling lost.