I Will Spend Less Time Viewing My Children Through An App

When I was growing up back in the 90’s my mother would only bring the disposable camera out for special occasions such as family holidays, first day at school or ready posed photos.

Looking through my families collection of photographic memories, they are all pleasant, or sweet, myself and my brother playing in a pool, me in the clothes my nanny had knitted, the whole family standing in Trafalgar Square or us all smiling round or Christmas table wearing paper hats.

Now today, Facebook reminds me of posts I have put up “on this day” in the years since I first joined the social media site.
I came to realise that I have hardly printed any of these wonderful memories off, I have no hard copy, will my child have to log into my Facebook to see many of their childhood memories?

Another realisation, all my childhood photos are nice or pleasant, yet many of the photos I have taken of my children will be embarrassing for them in years to come and here I am plastering it all over social media. 

How many of these photos have I actually been fully involved in?

How many of these photos have I thought of the perfect caption whilst taking it?

How many different filters have i tried?

When did I stop seeing and feeling the moment?

Today I have decided to spend less time seeing my children through my camera app and more time face to face, actually living the memories rather than documenting them.
The embarrassing photos will be printed off and kept and not placed on show for everyone to see.

My children will only be young for so long and although I want phones to keep I also want them to remember me and not the back of my phone, I will find a happy medium.