Photographs and Memories

Here's another great note from my friend, Susan!

Recently I read an article about people being happy when they looked at photographs from happy times in their past and I realized that I do that with photos all over my house.  I love to see the faces of my children laughing and interacting over the years and I’ve noticed that they, as well as others who come into our home, enjoy it too.  People know that they are important to you if you have their photo displayed - especially people like my little neighbors (ages 7, 5, and 3) next door!  But instead of just making me happy, it reminds me of how God has blessed me over and over throughout the years.  Let me be clear – there weren't always “happy faces.”  There were some rough times too, but the beauty of photographs is that you can delete, throw out or tear up the unhappy ones!

Here are some of my favorite ways to display multiple photos:

          

And below is my favorite.  It’s so easy to switch out photos because they’re attached by little clips.  I’ve had wedding pictures here, old  Christmas photos and now, odds and ends.    

You can use anything in place of the garland.  It just hides

the clips!

Enjoy those happy faces – don’t hide them in a box somewhere!!