Black and white photos fill the wall –
a platinum blond in a bikini
holding her baby in a pool,
three gangly kids in skis,
a curly haired teen in a football uniform,
three senior photos of women with
glowing skin and feather bangs.
Around the corner a bookshelf
piled with photo albums –
kids pausing to smile for the camera.
Behind the camera,
mom and dad sip rum and coke,
gin and tonic, beer, wine,
smoke virginia slims and camels –
documenting evidence life happened
because most mornings they’ve
forgotten.
April Best is the writer and photographer behind stillsmallmomentsblog.com. Her pursuit of living wisely is a hopeful one, filled with dog-eared pages of books, and attempts to start and end each day in kindness. April studied English and French at York University in Toronto and has her Master’s Degree in English Literature.