I tend to forget a lot of things, especially good things. Photos help me remember. What did we do for Mother’s Day last year? Remember how small our kid used to be? Photos remind us.

It’s a balance. Recently I was taking a video of my son at the beach. He noticed and said “no phone dad”. I laughed and put it away.

Btw I also got a photo of our son being born during c section. the anesthesiologist offered to take it. So I got best of both worlds: got to be fully present when the curtain dropped and we first saw our son, and got a once in a lifetime photo for him.