It happened to me too!

Larry Loves old photos.

He organizes them, copies them, scans them, protects them,

and

tries to make me look at them.

Old photos make me reminiscent and sad.

I thought about that this morning, while I was out walking.

Old photos did not always make me sad,

just in the past ten years that happened.

Family situations and memories.

It is true!

I was one of those gullible girls,

Sunshine and lollipops.

Life would always be a kind, wonderful adventure.

Have you noticed that only ONE big,bad, thing has to happen,

and

after that little things happen, sneaky things that only cowards do?

The photo above is part of that scenario.

It was posted by me,(on flickr) years ago, credit to Larry as photographer.

Then it was stolen and reposted by a thief.

Larry handed me this photo Saturday as he was going through a file.

I became angry all over again.

She stole it, she posted it taking credit for it,

and

then she cropped it , added text and gave it to someone

 as an online birthday card.

***

Last night when I could not sleep,

I got a note from a dear friend who has been quite ill.

She shared a story of picture theft by a family member.

All I could think about was this photo,

and how it was stolen by someone who disrespected me so badly.

Why do some people feel entitled to do such things?

***

 Samantha, when you are feeling better,

we are going to have a class,

called,

WATERMARK 101.

It is ok to smile now....

People who steal the little things ...

(you fill in the rest)

***

My days are filled with wonderful happy memories.

Amazing things are happening in my life.

BUT,

sometimes you must share your anger to release it.

That is what the Zen practice is.

Accept your hurt or anger with all of your soul

 and only then, your heart will sing.

So, Merci my friends, for allowing me to accept my anger with you today.

Now if we could only do something about Larry showing me

all the old photos.

Trivia: I am the middle of three daughters.

Above, I am on the left.

and

I am the GOOD one.

Love you for listening,

Me