Title Options:

• "Finding Yourself in Old Photographs: When Memory Becomes Mirror"

• "The Art of Accidental Truth-Telling"

• "Twenty-Four Years Later: A Letter to the Woman I Used to Be"

Blog Prompt: We all have that one photograph—the one that stops us in our tracks when we rediscover it years later. Maybe it's tucked in an old album, found in a forgotten folder, or surfaces unexpectedly during a move. But there's something about seeing ourselves frozen in a moment we'd forgotten that can be both heartbreaking and healing.

Writing Exercise: Find a photograph of yourself from at least 5-10 years ago. Sit with it for a few minutes without judgment. Then write about:

1. What you see on the surface - The obvious details: where you were, what you were wearing, who was with you

2. What you see beneath - The emotions, the unspoken truths, the person you were trying to be versus who you actually were

3. What you want to tell that version of yourself - The wisdom, compassion, or permission you wish you could have given yourself then

4. How this photo serves you now - What does it remind you of? What does it call you toward?

Questions to explore:

• What masks were you wearing that you can now see clearly?

• What parts of yourself were you silencing or hiding?

• How has your relationship with "being good" evolved?

• What would it look like to parent that version of yourself now?

Share your photo and your reflection. Let's create a gallery of truth-telling, where we honor the people we used to be while celebrating who we've become.