Label Those Pictures

Label Those Pictures

by Bud Lemire on April 9, 2011

Label those pictures that you now own

Naming the people that you have known

One day you'll be gone, and the pictures will go...

...To another family member, and they should know

“Who are these people?” is what they will say

Why didn't someone label them before they passed away

It would mean so much to know the people there

Right in those photos, so then I could share

An ancestor or cousin that posed for the shot

Maybe taken right there. Or some other spot

No names are listed, so who could they be

I'd like to know, it means a great deal to me

If someone had written who they were

Then I would know and I could be sure

Without a name, they could be anyone

By the looks of the pictures, they sure had fun

Pictures mean more when it's someone you know

Valued quite deeply and touches the soul

Memories replayed of the day it was taken

Lost in the time stream only to be awaken

Label those pictures so we will know

The people in the photos and all that they show

Remember to label those pictures of the people you know. Your kids and other relatives who may get them, won't know who they all are. Pictures become meaningless when they are unknown. So take time to write down who they are on the back. The meaning and value of them will be much higher to the person who has them.