Paris is one of the places I have yet to see and experience. Is it true that there is a sense of romance in this city? While cleaning out some drawers at home, I happened on an engagement announcement I received from a good friend many years ago. The engagement, however, was for his first wife. He is happy with his second marriage, has many children, and likely has never looked back.
Should I shred or keep the photo out of loyalty to my friend? After all, he has moved on; it is in situations like these I struggle with how to manage a memory - is it kept, cherished, and accepted in all situations, or is it something to be buried or destroyed out of existence to "protect" the sanctity of what has become the new future, the new present at hand. In what ways do we remember, and in what ways do we gently forget?
The world is ever-changing; how do we keep up, and how do we hold on to what we have at hand?
Uploaded to Flickr by Yasmine Hens, Photo Taken 11/26/2023, All Rights Reserved
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