The Photographs and the Hidden Life
Along with the letters, he discovered photographs that were indicative of the life she had lived before them. Pictures of grins, fun times, and happiness but also often with occasional sadness that made him realize how much he still had to learn about her. The pictures weren’t just of her as the young woman: they also represented a life she has built with friends and family, full of relationships and experiences that he had never been part of.
Some of the pictures were taken with people he had never even heard of, so he left him even more confused about her life before their marriage. Images of her traveling to far-flung places, indulging in hobbies and passions he never knew he harbored within himself. Each photograph added yet another layer to the woman he had married and made him feel like he was getting to know her all over again-too late though.
It was as if he never knew everything about her life, his wife. He had married a woman with a richly laid background and a complex past. But for a short while, he had been with her. Their moments together were moments of love, laughter, and shared experiences. Still, however as he would look over these images, there still was a feeling that there is much more he was never going to know.
