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I Am Thinking

I printed out a bunch of pictures from my phone. I have new frames and wanted more recent photos to fill them with. I went through my old box of photographs, the ones from those instant Polaroids and disposable cameras. None of them were recent. I must have the past ten years or so of pics on my computer.
It's weird looking back. I don't look too much like I used to. Ten years ago, I refused makeup, always had my hair tied back, had a couple broken teeth, and I don't think I ever really smiled (partially because of shame and partially because of misery).
I wasn't in as many pictures then and I certainly didn't look at the camera. I kept my eyes down.
The photos now, I smile in nearly every one of them. I know they're just pictures, but they show a significant difference for me. I do feel like I've come a long way and I'm not even the same person I was then. Some others in the current photos were in the old ones too. They've changed a lot as well. It's weird seeing it all side by side. Past and present. Some people in those pictures, I'll never see again. Would they recognize me? We're back to being strangers.

 
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