Memories are Forever

“My wife: same thing. There I am, packing survival gear, she’s grabbing photo albums”

                —Morgan Jones, The Walking Dead (Season 1, Episode 1)

If any of you haven’t seen The Walking Dead then I’m quite ashamed GO DO IT! NOW! Anyways I love this quote from the show. Sorry that’s a lie. I love most of the show (quite obsessed to be honest) but this is the best touching quote when you start out the series. When the world’s ending in an apocalypse (zombies, natural disaster, or whatever it may be) what is the first thing the guys think about? Obviously, how the heck they’re going to destroy the zombies and get around for the next few weeks. Us girls? Well that’s another story...

We think of how we’ll remember our “normal” life. Doesn’t this quote here prove that memories are important? No matter how small. Just the little things can make one so emotional looking back at a typical happy photo of their family. It’s touching when we see Morgan look back at the albums his wife brought along.

We don’t think at the time anything about a picture in the park, or about the party you went to a week before. But when there’s no hope left (like in the zombie apocalypse) memories are the strongest thing to have. Nothing can replace them and sometimes that’s all you need if you’re down. Especially if you lose a loved one. Fortunately, I haven’t gone through a zombie apocalypse nor have I lost a dear one. But if you go through life hiding from photos how will you be remembered?

Morgan Jones moves on from the photos that he has. He can accept it that yes his wife has turned into a zombie like many people in the world. And that he must remember her in her prime happy days as a beautiful wife, rather than what’s happened to them in the few weeks for the apocalypse turning into a flesh eating zombie. He has to remember her in the photo and “put her out of her misery”.  

It proves the famous saying “a picture is worth a thousand words”. Maybe it’s a good idea to always keep some with you. I know with my phone I have a very tough time deleting all my photos. It’s memories I’m not quite ready to give up yet. (Now go start that show!!!)