Now that you have organized them, you might want to have them scanned so they can be shared with family, kept for posterity, and protected from loss.

I also enjoy looking at old pictures and have put pictures all over my house. Mike is on the windowsill near the kitchen sink and around every corner. I don't care what people think- I just love being surrounded by those brown, caring eyes. Gotta love pictures!

I had gone through all the photos for Rob's memorial service. Later on I took them to CVS spend hours scanning them on to the CD and then downloaded to my computer. Then I downloaded them to a digital frame, which I love. Finally after one year I managed to figure out how to download some of Rob's favorite music and added it to the frame. I love it and hope to show it to firends and family in the future, possibly at a cookout for Rob's 48th., birthday in June. Other than that I love watching it and don't need to rehang all the photos. Rob was a Ozzy fan and I loved downloading "see you on the otherside". I love seeing his face so I know what you mean. I also have all his school photos on there. Hug, Donna

im still trying to download music for his memorial CD.....have one favorite in mind, if you get a chance listen to it but be warned have tissue......
Allison Krause's "Away Down the River".
If you don't already, put those pictures on a CD or make copies and put in a safe deposit box. A fire would wipe out years of memories in just a few minutes. Just saying..........

I have pics next to my bed, i look at him when i go to sleep and when i wake up. I have pics at the bottom of the steps,when i come down the stairs in the morning. I have pics throughout my house. I look at him constant throughout the day. I know at times i am making myself sad, and miss him, but i believe each time is working towards the grief proccess. Seeing him constant lets me feel a piece of him. Its what i need to do. When i no longer feel the need, i will change it, but for now I do what i need. Seeing him brings me joy most of the time.

I loved your post, I have found it too painful to look at my pictures until I read this. I have a picture of my husband pitching ball now hanging in my bedroom This was the year we fell in love and I used to sit in the stands and cheer him on. I was so proud of him...and we were both so young. Thanks Lu Ann

I was really getting into scrapbooking before but have not gotten back into it. I put several things aside to make a scrapbook of Roger.

I had to give Rogers awards, other placks to his sons (which is ok cuz if I died who in my family cares) so I took them down to Office Max who photo copied them so I can now put them in a scrapbook.
I just wished I had the energy or frame of mind to put the photos back into chronically order and get it started.

I couldn't look at any photos for months after Cliff died - it was just too painful. Then I couldn't find our wedding photos and had a major panic attack (they reappeared months later). On the second anniversary of Cliff's death, I had a very serious car accident - I should have died - car was totaled but I walked away from it (guardian angel?). That was a wake-up call for me that I also needed to get MY photos out to whoever might want them before I was gone.

I started scanning them and e-mailing them to my siblings - I have 5 siblings and I knew most didn't have the same photos I had. This encouraged the others to start doing the same. One of the unexpected bonuses of doing this was receiving pictures of me and Cliff I had never seen before, as well as stuff from my childhood. My parents are also dead, so receiving photos that contained them as well brought a smile.

I used software that came with my printer to restore some of the old photos, too.

I had a ton of original formal photos with handwritten notes on the back. There is just something about an original that a copy can't equal. I sent the originals back to the person who would treasure them the most. Plus, some were beautifully framed and I wanted to send back the pics in their original state. I have a pic of Joe when he was about 3 which I love. Originally, it was hung by a simple black thread with a knot which presumably hung from a nail when it was first hung by his mother. Remember, this must have been 1946, a long time ago. When I started to decide how to hang it, I was going to cut the thread off because it is long enough to be visible above the picture. Then I decided, no, I was going to hang it just like his mom hung it. Looks a little funny because it's the only one with a string showing, but what I think about when I see that string is the love and pride his mom must have had when she hung it for the first time. I'm a sucker for original things.

You are not crazy at all! I have picture of Ted everywhere, even categorized in rooms so I may be the crazy one. In my bedroom are pictures of just him and me, in the hallway are pictures of just him, on the sofa table are just pictures of him and the kids, and I also have pictures of every year of school grouped together in a frame. I have a second tv in my den that plays dvd's of thousands of our vacation pictures 24/7. So as I said I may seem crazy to others but it is what gives me pleasure and what I need. Everytime I look at him in a picture it brings me a memory. Take care, Robin

I just started going through photos today and I found a really great one of the two of us. It is quite old, but I put it in a frame and keep it on the table next to the computer. I don't take good pictures, but this one is really good. We are standing next to our motorhome. It was our traveling days, about 14-15 years ago.
I still have a bunch to go through. I am trying to find some of my relatives to post on my genealogy sites. Judith

If your crazy add me to the list. I have pictures of hubby everywhere. I have a digital frame too. Also my background on my computer is of him. All this gives me comfort. I have never done a scrapbook before but am working on one..
CIE

I have pictures of my husband in several rooms of our home. I even got one of those Yoller half price deals to have a picture enlarged and placed on canvas. I have it sitting directly across the room from my chair in the living room. The picture is large and clear and makes me feel like he is just waiting for me to start a comversation. I do enjoy talking to him and feeling as though he can hear me. I also have a picture of him in our bedroom, where he is the first thing I see after I put on my glasses. It may seem strange to some , but it helps me to make it through the day and night.

Right after Joe died, I found a few of his best pictures (he did not like to have his picture taken ~~ so seldom smiled in one). I copied them for our kids and a few family members and friends. I framed the very best one, he was smiling like he usually did in person. In fact, I framed several and placed them around the house ~~ this was at first.

Then, later, I could not stand for his pictures to be sitting around. I had to move them where I didn't see them often~~ for a while. It made me very sad to see him in the pictures and not be able to see him in person.

In the hall I did a Memory Wall for him. So, when I need to do so, I stop and look at the pictures~~one from our wedding, on up to the summer before he died in Dec. There are a couple of his plaques that I placed there too. Then, I chose the poem, "The Broken Chain" to frame and place on his Memory Wall.

Now, I can look at his pictures and smile, sometimes, a little sadness sneaks in, but, mainly, I remember whatever we had been doing before and after the pictures.

No pictures of him are in our bedroom, just can't go there. There are several in the livingroom though.

As with everything else on this journey, we all have to do what makes us comfortable.

Hugs, Joely