Taking Pictures

I look at all these people with fancy cameras, taking photos and buying all kinds of equipment. The fact is I don't care about taking pictures. I figure if I see it, then that is enough. Perhaps I am not sentimental. The fact is, when I did take pictures on trips when younger, they sat in their film envelopes and never got labelled or put in photo albums. The current scrapbooking craze reinforces the popularity of taking pictures. Maybe the fact that I cannot center a shot or cut off heads is one reason I avoid taking pictures.
At the dentist this week, I got a camera that is just "my speed." It was in the toy box, for kids that were well-behaved at the dentist (yes, I was!) and it is a little cheap version of a Viewmaster, with cartoon caricatures of a zebra, giraffe, lion, and monkey, with a group shot as well. So, really, I don't need anything else, because if I were ever to take a picture, it would be of a giraffe and its fellow animals. When on the safari truck in the San Diego Wildlife Park, I relished the kisses of many giraffes while my husband took many photos. I don't need a picture to remember the ecstacy of that day.

Why The World Is Round

A friend is facing the task of going through her recently deceased mother's closet. She ended up there for six hours today alone, as her sister did not show up to help as promised. But she said she found a piece of paper torn out with the following quote on it: "The reason the world is round is to make sure we can't see what is around the next corner or lies ahead." She said that finding that quote helped her get through her day and the difficult task.
It gave me goosebumps when she told me -- was it prophetic or just saying taking things as they come? Was it her mom's way of leaving her a message to find after she passed away? Whatever it was, my friend found it to be helpful today in facing a challenge. Isn't that what moms are supposed to do? I sure try to do that in my role as a mom, but sometimes it is difficult.