I hate home movies

I love old photos but I hate home movies. I always have. No one is ever happy after watching a home movie. All they do is remind you of a good time you had long ago with people who are no longer with you. They make me so sad. My aunt and uncle got some videos from the Ohio relatives so we decided to watch them. I actually watched and I paid attention. I remembered the days in the video so I was not surprised by what was in them. What did surprise me though was how distorted my image of my grandma is in my head. All of the relatives look the way I envisioned them in my head. I mean, my mom had a different haircut and glasses and my dad had a big black beard but overall they all looked in the movie the way they look to me. The first thing that popped out at me from the video was how healthy my grandma looked. She doesn't look that way in my head :-( I guess watching this home movie was actually a good thing for me. It forced me to remember that the things that make me sad were not always that way. I have to change my image to remember the better things instead. Especially around the holidays. I am going to start that positive change today! Here is an old photo to help. My mom and uncle found it yesterday. It appears to be my grandparents' wedding.