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Take The Picture
Perhaps our present culture is over-saturated with images. In fifty years, we can all tell our grandchildren deep thoughtful stories along the lines of "this was my pumpkin spice latte and I really liked the foam feather on top - it got lots of hearts on Instagram." My family photobook for the year my first was born could have been titled, "Human #1 & People Holding Human #1." I pretty much refuse to participate in those Facebook posts taunting, "Make my day! Show me your 7th photo in your camera roll - no matter what!"; chances are my 7th photo is a screenshot of something I should remember, or a picture of the light bulb I need from Target, or a snap of the mess of my son's bloody nose (actually this right now). Yet in all of these pictures, it's somehow increasingly hard to come by the informal family photo. "You're taking the picture..... You need to take a family picture..... No, really..... We're taking a picture -...
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