The wedding photograph

Yes, not surprising in the family that there are only a few of my mother's generation left (saw one yesterday.) The sad thing is how many in my own generation I've lost - the high school Facebook pages are full of "find a grave" notices. I lost a friend back in December who was only 6 months older than I am.

My grandmother did the same thing. She always said if her name wasn't there, it was going to be a good day! But, so far, my group of friends are intact, although I've lost both parents in the past 8 years. My family wasn't all that big to begin with.

I've lost a few friends and relatives to cancer:( One of my favourite uncles passed away a few months after I was married. I didn't think he would make it up until my wedding and I am glad he was able to attend. I lost my grandmother when I was expecting my 2nd son. Though I knew she was ill and wanted to see her, I wasn't allowed to travel. I had a big wedding too and most of the people who attended are still alive. Though, I'm not in touch with all of them, I know what's happening in most of their lives. A small percentage of the guests are no more with us today. But most of the others are alive and kicking.

Not too badly. I work in a veterans club so have lost all but one World War II vets. My Vietnam friends are starting to go now. My friends outside of there, not too bad. I have lost a handful of friends.

Hello pikey. Well i HOPE NOT, as i already told you there are still 3 operations left, and from them, the hardest one, that will be done on my grandmother, involves her being down under in anaesthesia for over 3 hours at least, and with a slight cardiac risk - and she just celebrated her 71 birthday.

Isn't that sad? When I look through old photos, I'm always noticing who is no longer here. I know that's not the right way to look at it, it's better to look to see who you've been blessed with having known...even if they are no longer here. Of course the other thing to be thankful for is that you didn't invite ME to your wedding...

In the last sixteen years I have lost a lot of family, not to mention friends. A husband, younger sister, nephew, grandmother, mother, aunt. Former mother in law, sister's significant other. I have remarried and have lost a mother in law there and a brother in law as well. Lots of long time friends and acquaintances are gone as well. That is all since 1997. Our family feels smaller and smaller.

I have always had older friends. Four of my eight grandparents are gone. Two bio grandparents, and two step-grandparents are still alive. I've lost a friend or a family member every year since 1994.

I haven't had the misfortune to experience that, P1key. Although most the people at my wedding chose to side with my ex and don't talk to me anymore, they are all still alive and kicking. One dear friend that stuck by both of us had heart surgery but he's still around, thank God. Others that I thought would die before they were 40 are very much alive and that's a good thing! It makes you feel old to lose such friends and acquaintances, doesn't it? Outlast everyone, please!

To a certain extent, yes. My Gramma just passed away, and she was the youngest of 13 children. My hubs, his mother passed away several years ago, and his father now has cancer in the throat, so it won't be long for him either. We all die sometime, I guess. It is inevitable. But yes, as we age, we tend to read the obits to see if we know anyone that has passed recently. We have had a few close friends in our farming community that have passed recently, too. I still have all the notices on the side of the fridge of the ones that were close to us.

Some of the people from my parents' generation are gone now. None from mine, far as I know. My wedding was in 1983...

Hi P1key, I was looking at my wedding photos only last week and felt very sad that I don't really see any of my friends in the photo, also my Mum and Stepdad had both gone and my MIL, FIL had alos gone plus my uncle and aunty, so considering I had a small wedding, most of them has all gone to the other side, sad I thought. Tamara xxxx

Ummm..not yet. Hope not.

Life is inevitable I have to say... as of the moment though, people around me are present. I dont want to think of them gone as of for now. I do pray that they would be safe always and that GOD will provide them long life. Thank you for sharing.

I'm glad to say that I don't think so. However, if I pulled out my wedding photos I'm not sure that I could tell you where half the people are these days. So I could be quite wrong.

Well, I have those wedding memories too. But we have different stories in life. Because those guest are still alive and if I remember only one will go to heaven or anything else...

I think it just happens as we get older. I remember looking at my wedding video and thinking the same thing. At least we have these small snapshots of them.