Today, for some reason, I decided to organize old pictures, momentos and such. Fortunately when I move to my condo, I got rid of a lot of junk.

Now, in anticipation of retiring (hopefully soon), I'm at a point where I want to throw away things I don't use and sort things I want saved for my kids and grandkids.

One of my very old photo albums from when I was a kid and got a camera for Christmas was literally falling apart. I took all the pictures out, as the pages of the album literally cracked/snapped apart. I'll get another album for those memories (all black and white). I saved of course personal events and experiences like memorable concerts I attended, my parents picture from the newspaper when they celebrated 50 years of marriage; and my cousin's Ordination whih was the first and only ordination I had ever been to.

At the very end of the album I found pictures I had collected of a series of JFK photos which, if I'm not mistaken came from Bazooka bubblegum during the early sixties (like they did with baseball cards, for those who remember). I peeled those off and am storing them along with several what I think my be historic newspaper articles (i.e. Elvis's death, JFK Assassination; John Lennon's murder; 911 WTC attack, newspaper from Jan. 1, 2000; and the latest of the Obama Presidency win.

I took SC's advice and got one of those vacuum seald bags and a plastic container to put it it. I just wish I would have taken better care of some of the older articles which are pretty yellow and antique looking.

TIS