Time has erased the uncertainties. This is comforting. Looking at my wedding pictures reminds me of how anxious I was to start my adult life with my husband. Now that I am a parent I can identify with my parents' feelings of that day. To acknowledge that a child has become an adult must be difficult.
Pictures can alter moods.
If my mood needs brightening, I pull a photo album off the shelf. I open the book in search of a lighter time. My parents are dancing at my wedding. I turn a few pages. My grandparents are singing Happy Birthday to me.