In The End It Doesn't Matter

In the end it doesn't matter. 
In the post below I shared "tons," of new family images:
Photos from original negatives most if not all have never before seen. NEVER!
No one said a word. 
How is it possible not one family member seeing these for the first time 70+ years later have no reaction? 
Not a call (Call? Who calls anymore?)
Not an email/text.
Not a comment on this blog (but that's expected since few visit here) or on facebook. 
In the end it doesn't matter.
Like life itself it doesn't matter. 
Life? 
You have health problems. Do you think most care. I mean really care? NO!
Do you know what they DO care about. Traffic. How much traffic there is on the way to your wake. But what's most important? The "luncheon" following your funeral. In the end you're less important than what's for dinner!
You pass away. 
Family/friends mourn for a moment if you're lucky.
As services become less traditional with one day funerals less make the effort to attend. 
In fact it's believed funerals will become limited to a select few with more "viewing," online. 
After you're gone life quickly moves on. 
But unlike years ago where you weren't saturated inundated & self absorbed with your cell phone putting it first & foremost in your life people were more inclined to remember you. 
Today? You're like a post/tweet/text...quickly buried by the next one 
In the end I've realized all of this doesn't matter:
If I died today a few might mourn but don't kid yourself they'll still be thinking...
WHERE SHOULD WE GO OUT TO EAT OR WHERE'S THE LUNCHEON AFTERWARD? 
Think I'm wrong? Think of every person you
know who has passed away. Sure if it's a parent or sibling maybe a close friend you might think about them every so often but overall the majority of those gone rarely come to mind. 
That's reality.    
Your life like all of the media linked above would eventually fade away.
Life goes on (as it should) but what does not go on is the memory of you. As the years pass you become less visible in the minds of those who knew you.
Eventually those who knew you best will also pass away & with them goes what little memory there was of you & them.  
In the end all of this doesn't matter.
See ya'

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New Family Images From Old Negatives

There are a TON of new photos now online.

A culmination of images from different families. Unlike the other images online I did not restore these. They are as the originals look. Most are of good quality.

I did not identify the photos. After naming every person in everyone of the 100's upon 100's of photos online I just couldn't do that all over again.
Some are obvious like this one which KILLS me. Pete Nancy & Alice
(Gotta' love the look on her face):
https://goo.gl/photos/4n7MpDX56BKyzbuRA

There are few blurry images (There's nothing I can do about blurry) This is a double image it is not an error in uploading:
https://goo.gl/photos/aTGr1XzoArubbuYx7

Some I have no clue as to who they are. In this image my mother is the young girl on the ground holding another girl in her arms. The rest are unknown. Although that might be Ann hidden by my mother's arm:
https://goo.gl/photos/ne1oumtRJba68pyp8

These are mostly of Hobby St when the families lived there. Pete, Nancy, kids & Camilli cousins. The Marini's & as for the Cedrones, it's mostly Clara, Ann & my mother with a few of Vi & a young Sonny. There are none of Harry that I recall. There are a few that were taken in Italy like this one of Matty:
https://goo.gl/photos/48QSNx2HaxHbqT5r5

Some images repeat. I believe the repeat starts where you see Ann standing next to a STOP sign.

Camilli Marini Cedrone Album:
https://goo.gl/photos/MkiY6YYSv3f6xMDA6

Enjoy!
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