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Old Pictures
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Oh, why don't we appreciate things in the moment.

 

Old Pictures
 
Some pictures were taken in the past that I loathed at the time.
I now look at & think they’re pretty good in fact, quite sublime.
I thought they were dreadful & didn’t want to see them again.
Sometimes I even hid those pictures & let no one see them then.
 
But now when I look at them, I don’t think they’re too bad.
Actually, I kind of like them, have I gone completely mad?
They say time heals all wounds; does it do that for pictures too?
I guess that’s what happens; for I like them now, hated them new.
 
So when you have some ugly pictures put them in a safe place.
If you wait long enough you'll see an adorable unwrinkled face.
 
Written by,
Bonnie May

 

 

 

 


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 Reviews of "Old Pictures"
Reviewed by John Leko
Reviewed on June 1, 2008
...great words upon the page...deserve all four photo corners in the scrapbook of poetic memory...nothing to hide here Bonnie.
John

Reviewed by Cryssa C
Reviewed on May 30, 2008
Hee, hee... Not only do they have unwrinkled faces, but quite a few pounds less too... :~) (at least mine do...)

The thing that I hate about old photos is that I have had other people ask who I was in the old photos! People have thought I was maybe a sister or something like that... :~( Even my husband once asked who is that to one of my old photos from our wedding day... sigh...

Cryssa :~)

Reviewed by Connie Faust
Reviewed on May 29, 2008
This is so true, and so cute! That's what we pay you for, Bonnie, and you keep delivering the goods.
I love the line "They say time heals all wounds; does it do that for pictures, too?" And you're right--it certainly helps.
Would that justify using pictures from the old days as bio pictures?
Naughty, naughty.

Love you, Sis,
Connie

Reviewed by Georg Mateos
Reviewed on May 29, 2008
Bonnie, perhaps I am one of the lucky ones, there have but a very few pictures of me anywhere, so, if I looked ugly nobody will know, and my pictures of today are retouched by Loreal (because I'm worth it)

Georg

Reviewed by Joyce Bowling
Reviewed on May 28, 2008
love it...I did look back at a picture that I once thought was horrible...I did have some puffy cheeks, no gray hair, a think waist...smooth skin! Hey you are right, I didn't notice the thin waist and smooth skin before! I think I'll take one today for future use!
Blessings,
Joyce B.

Reviewed by Elizabeth Price
Reviewed on May 28, 2008
I love that seeing an unwrinkled face part. Great write. Liz

Reviewed by Karen Palumbo
Reviewed on May 28, 2008
Guess that is one way for us to remain "forever young" right? Yet, the here and now always worked for me. As long as I am breathing and my heart is beating I figure I am doing pretty darn good.....

Be always safe,
Karen

Reviewed by Karen Vanderlaan
Reviewed on May 28, 2008
very sweet write-good advice too!

Reviewed on May 28, 2008
Beautiful, and so true. You look in the mirror and want to turn back the hands of time, so just reach for photo book. Enjoyed.

Mary

Reviewed by Ed Matlack
Reviewed on May 28, 2008
Most of my pictures were lost to a fire, fortunately or unfortunately...;) Ed

Reviewed on May 28, 2008
Hahaha, Bonnie, you got it! Well done!

(((HUGS))) and love, Karla.

Reviewed by Barbara Smith
Reviewed on May 28, 2008
Bonnie, as time takes its toll on us we appreciate the things we did years ago. I've done this very same thing and now I appreciate the things I would not share with others. We look at the older pictures and our minds go back to the days when we were filled with youthful thoughts & feelings and I makes us happy again. I enjoyed this.


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