What photos do you cherish from the past? Where do you keep them now?

Joanne's favorite answer:
I am not a big photo guy...but there is a picture of me and [my wife] taken about a month after we started dating. To my knowledge it is the first picture taken of us (or at least the first that we kept...maybe that was because we looked soooo goooood). The picture was framed and we keep it by the coffee pot. That way I can look at it each morning and think "wow I was pretty hot 10 years ago...what happened? Oh well...I am going to grab some coffee and a donut..."

Joanne's answer:
I don't really know if there are *particular* photos that I cherish - but in general, the ones that I care about the most are pictures in which it is just me with one other person - be it a relative, a friend, a boyfriend, whatever - where I look really happy to be with that person (and where we both look good, of course!!). I feel like pictures like this sort of capture the joy that I get (or got) from that particular friendship/relationship, especially when you can see in my face how happy I am to be with the person. I do have quite a few pictures like this...a lot of them are in frames in my bedroom, some of them are in frames in the trunk of my car (because they *were* in my office in Riverside and I just have yet to really unpack my office boxes), and the rest are in photo albums in my apartment.

And the other answers!

1. I cherish ALL the old photos of my children...everywhere!!!

2. There would be three sets of photos that I cherish for entirely different reasons. First, I have two pictures of me and my father when I was very young. One was taken at the beach and the other was taken at a house we used to live in. They are the only pictures that I have of my father. And, since I was so young when he passed away, they help me to remember him. That is why I cherish them. Second, are the pictures of me the summer I met [my husband]. No, not because it was the summer I met [my husbad]. Instead, it is because I lost a lot of weight that summer due to a bout with bronchitis and being very active. It is the only time I remember being really satisfied with my body. So, that is why I cherish them. Third, are my wedding pictures. It was such a happy day filled with so many great moments and people we love. Looking at the pictures helps me re-live how great that day was. And, since it is the only wedding I will ever have (at least, I hope), that is why I cherish them. Where do I keep them? The first two are in a small photo album, the second set is separated between an album and a box, and the third set is in my wedding album and online.

3. I have photos all over my house... my family, mydaughter, but the specials ones right now are the onesof me and my dad (who passed away last year). Thereis one of us at an Angels game on Father's Day from afew years ago and I display right by the door so I cansee it every time I leave the house.

4. My college days, they're in a basket in the basement...

5. i have a bunch of photos from high school and collegeand beyond. some are in frames, others are in acollage frame and some on the fridge..those are myfavorites..the others are in a photo album box.

6. I cherish ALL my photos from the past. It's the only way I can hold on to time that has gone and will never return. I keep them all over the place - some on the walls, some in the desk, some in albums I can get to quickly and some in envelopes that are stored away and some in a cedar chest at the foot of my bed.

7. Need I tell you what photos I cherish the most?? Walk into my living room and
you will see them all. From the time [my son] was about one month old until his graduation pictures. And of course, the grandkids!!

8. It's everywhere - check the attachment, is there anything more beautifulthan that? Really, anywhere? [Enclosed is a photo of the author of this answer with the Red Sox World Series trophy].

9. I love photos of all kinds and now I love to scrapbook. I just did one of my "courtship" with [my husband]. I love looking at it. Since I don't have a wedding album I love to look at the pictures of us through the years.

10. Family phots - particularly those that have passed away. If I have a good one it is displayed somewhere (wall, desk, end table).

11. Photos - I like pictures from when I was really small, old pictures of family members who aren't married to eachother - or even alive any more, I like my wedding pictures, pictures from when I was pregnant, all pictures of [my daughter], pictures from when I was performing... I pretty much just like pictures! I have lately been keeping the majority of all my photos on one bookshelf in my house downstairs. Mostly, their all mixed up and out of order, but sifting through them and seeing what kind of photo will be in the pile next is part of the fun for me. :)