Photographs

I know I've been posting a lot about high school ending but its honestly the only thing on my mind right now..

We keep this love in a photograph
We made these memories for ourselves
Where our eyes are never closing
Hearts are never broken
And time's forever frozen still
- Ed Sheeran Photograph

It's honestly no secret that I'm in love with Ed's music.. He's amazing in every sense of the word. Recently I've been listening to this song on repeat (Photograph) Its made me think about how one day when we are old and grey the only thing that we will have left are photographs. We will only have the hundreds of selfies taken on our phones at football games. the awkward pictures that our parents made us take at homecoming with our dates, the always pleasurable first-day-running-out-the-door photo. One day all of this will be just a memory, we won't be able to tell you exact dates or what the photographer was wearing, we will on'y be able to see what's captured inside of the film. (Sorry I'm cheesy and like to take hundreds of pictures with my Polaroid instant camera) 
One day we will see pictures of us dancing and having fun, and pictures of us when we just failed a test. These pictures are what make us who we are. Honestly if I could go back and do one thing over with the past eleven years of school and seventeen years of life I'd want to take more pictures. 
Take pictures of everything. the cool potato chip you found in your bag of pretzels, the weird pants your tried on but never bought. The boy you've liked since 7th grade, every day you see your best friend. When your dog/cat does something cute.
Take as many as you can because one day they will be all that you remember. 
Also, don't trash the embarrassing pictures from Seventh grade, we all have them, they make you who you are. Even if it is bad Highlights and braces....