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MarioPfhorG t1_j5rpv4t wrote

This is also why I suggest people take a short video every Christmas or birthday. No matter how stupid the hair is, or bad the outfits are. You just never know when it’s going to be someone’s last.

I took a birthday video many years ago and someone who’s now passed was in the video. Turns out I was the only one who had ever taken any video of that person. Everyone else only had photos. It’s the only recording of their voice we have, even if the focus wasn’t on them.

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WindowMoon OP t1_j5rrsdu wrote

especially with the ease of taking videos now, im def doing this with my future husband and children. ill even include any pets now. i’m really starting to understand how priceless memories are.

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MarioPfhorG t1_j5rsejg wrote

Definitely hits harder when you start losing people in your life. I remember in 2019 saying “nah I’ll come to next year’s birthday party, I’m moving out and focussing on my job!” Unfortunately covid hit in 2020, and we had lockdown here for 2 years. By the time we came out of lockdown, they had passed away. That was the last birthday and I missed it. The feeling of emptiness and realisation of how short life is. Just take the video. Just be there. Just go. Do it. Ask that person out, go to that thing, ask for that promotion. It’ll all be gone before you know it.

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