OLD PICTURES AND ITS STORY
Among the things they pulled from this compartment was an album of black and white photographs, faded to the point of obscurity but still distinct enough to be identifiable by faces and detail. They represented snapshots of mundane life: a family gathered at dinner, children frolicking in the yard, a man and woman posing before a house that seemed eerily familiar. The couple immediately surmised that these were likely to be the first owners or perhaps earlier residents of their own home.
Stepping from frame to frame, one could reflect on the photographs as if he were stepping back in time. Connections were felt with people who once lived there with each of the faces in the photos appearing happy and content and captures moments during a much simpler time. It’s fascinating to think that the walls they were painting-over were once holding all those laughter, conversations, and memories that had long been gone but which surfaced gradually once again through the images.
The couple, in some weird way, became attached to these people in the photos, getting to know them as if they existed. They imagined who they could have been and how their lives might have been. The find made them feel like caretakers of these memories, adding depth and meaning to the renovation project. The place had become a history keeper and some people were honored that once lived in the house. It was no longer to be renovated, but something else.
