I was rummaging through an old box stored in our storage room when I came across my old baby photographs. I sat down and flipped through each one of them, and before I knew it, an hour had flipped by.
What kind of feelings do you get when you look at your old pictures?
As I thumbed through each picture, my face unconsciously morphed into all sorts of mixed expressions: a smile, a giggle, a frown, and even an occasional cringe (why do parents like to take pictures of naked babies?!). But mostly, thoughtful and nostalgic.
Looking at these pictures, I feel like it was so distant, as if it was from the ancient times, yet so…familiar, as if I was back to a little pacifier-sucking baby clinging on to my mother’s skirts. What a strange feeling. I can almost remember the little doll I used to drag around, the rocking horse I rode imagining that I was on an adventure, the pictures books I pored through that were bigger in size than me.
But as I stare into the face of my past, I can’t tell what I was thinking then. A picture of me crying: 
Why was I unhappy then?
Another of me scowling: 
What was I thinking then?
Another of me staring at my new baby brother: 
Is that a piercing glare of sibling-jealousy?
Time pass. Things change. My body change, my mind change, my emotions change. We are always changing. What we care about now may not bother us as much in the future. The problems we have not may seem to trivial in the future. The worry or pain or shame we feel now may end up being a good story, a funny story, or even a great testimony.
In the light of eternity, in the face of my entire lifetime, a lot of things I obsess about is so meaningless. At most, I’ll probably live till 70 years old, 80 if I’m extra-healthy, 90 if I’m super-healthy. And when I look back at my life, I don’t want to regret wasting all those precious time and energy of temporary and ephemeral matters.
What I want to remember is the whatever little celebrations or events of joy I had… 
(My first birthday)
I want to remember the time I shared with my loved ones… 
Facing everything with a little humor… 
(My evil dad drew on my face! Meow!)
Living life outrageously and bravely… 
Loving and taking care of others… 
And loving and treasuring myself… 
What do you want to remember most from your life?
For some reason, all these nostalgia left me craving comfort food. And to me, comfort food is brunchy, breakfasty foods…And I had the perfect item in mind!
Purple Eggs and Ham on Waffles!!
Remember the blueberry-walnut pesto I made yesterday? I thought it would be so perfect on top of eggs with waffles, and I was right! So here’s what I did…
Toast a waffle (ready-frozen) and slather on some cream cheese… 
Top with some greens and two pieces of fried deli ham… 
And then top it with a poached egg and drizzle the pesto all over! (I thinned out the pesto with a bit of milk first)! 
Fast, simple, and SO impr
essive-looking! It looks quite spectacular, don’t you think? Well, I think so. x] 
It was so freaking good. I forgot how much I missed brunchy food! And runny yolk…Ooh la la~ 
Don’t worry, none of the golden nectar of the egg went to waste. I mopped up every last bit with the waffle! 
I know waffles aren’t the norm for these kind of dishes, but I thought it made a really perfect base for the eggs, because it just soaked up all the liquid, and the blueberry pesto was brilliant with it! 
If you haven’t tried this pesto yet, please do! I still have a lot left, so you’ll be seeing more of this amazing pesto… 
I was so sad when they were gone. I could easily have eaten two more! (and burst, but it would be a happy death) 
Burp~ Excuse me! ^___^ 
Question of the day: I already asked! What do you want to remember most from your life? And also, I tag everyone reading who wants to participate: Please share your baby pictures! I’d love to see the adorable little you!
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Gosh, you are so cute!
Hmm, you ask such hard questions girl! I’d like to remember all the people in my life. I’ve really been blessed with the best family and friends, and dogs!
I don’t have any digital baby pictures =(
You are so adorable, and the point you make with your photos is such a good one. I certainly spend more time and energy beating myself up and worrying about things than I should. Life is to be enjoyed!
I want to remember good times with my family and friends, moments of pure bliss and all the useful lessons I’ve learned over the years.
I am not sure I have any photos here. Hmm… I’m going to have to look!
Aww look at your baby photos-you were so cute! And I love the sound of that waffle-I’m so intrigued by this blueberry pesto!
Those photos were a joy to see
All your food pics are also so vivid and sharp! I love the idea of blueberry pesto.
Cute photos! I love looking at old pictures of me, but unfortunately all my photos are at my parent’s house. A lot of my childhood memories are wrapped up in those photos – some things I only remember when spurred on by photos.
I love your waffle eggs. They look like healthy eggs benedict.
yoru baby pics are adorable! I totally know what you mean about getting lost in thoughts and memories. I scrapbook alot of my family pictures and can spend hours just thinking about each situation and then scrapbooking them into pages and memories to last and enjoy.
PS your blueberry pesto… delic looking!!
What a courageous post. So heartfelt and quilted with precious moments.
I suppose, I’m a glutton. I want your Purple Eggs and Ham on Waffles right now! I also want to remember everything! Everything is what made me who I am today:)
I’ll be adding your Blueberry-Walnut Pesto link to my post for Blueberry Month last July.
Thanks for sharing…
Aw you are so CUTE! I get rather sentimental looking at old pictures. I look into the eyes of the young me and think, “Man, you had no idea what was ahead, did you?” It’s just so amazing how much growing and learning we do in a life. I don’t have any baby pictures at home with me, but I’ll try to find some when I visit my parents. As for what I want to remember from my life… I think it would be happy times with family– my mom, my dad, and my sister. I’m so lucky to have them.
Awww look at little cutie burp&slurpee!! Great question – I want to remember the fun times, the family times…I want to remember laughing, enjoying holidays (especially Christmas morning). I want to remember special meals with my loved ones. I don’t want to remember stressing about food, exercise, how “fat” I look, weight gained, etc. In 50 years, I want to look back and have had a fun memorable life!
The blueberry pesto is a keeper! But you and your family – just gorgeous – lwonderful – beautiful. Treasure your family and isn’t it grand how a photo takes you back?
I would never think to put all those things on a waffle! Looks good.
Okay so first off, you are such the little magic miss in the kitchen! Those benedict style pesto-ham-egga-waffle creations look and sound scrumptious beyond scrumptious!
Secondly, this post made me smile SO much! I love seeing old pictures and I can totally relate to that ease of becoming so immersed in the nostalgia of old times. When I look at old pics and think back on times from the yesteryears, I look back and try to feel the emotions that were being captured. I try to think about how my life was going and how I felt about the world around me. Was I happy, sad, depressed, angry, excited, overjoyed, etc? I’ve decided now that I want to look back at every picture and think “Wow, you look happy and beautiful and confident and full of life.” I want every memory to be a pretty darn good one and I don’t want any more time being wasted. In that sense, I think we are def on the same page.
p.s. thank you SOO much for your comments on my last post. I would love to share our stories with one another if you want to send me an email.
Lurve the waffle, great idea. You were a cute little one too. I am so old I have only crappy old black and white photos, LOL
Those pictures of you are absolutely precious!!! My baby pictures are so old, I think I’d have to scan them… and well, I’m not sure how to do that yet. Maybe one of these days…
I have lots of great memories from childhood. Most all of them include my four siblings. Here’s one… playing with the litter of puppies that our family dog had. We had so much fun with them! I even have a picture– if only I knew how to post it!
Loving the pictures, SO CUTE!
Your brunch looks amazing, I have got to try out that pesto!
I have been getting extremely nostalgic lately — especially with the departure of my sister.. sometimes it saddens me to think my childhood is over.. to look in to my face and see genuine carefree happiness and wish i could be that way again — but i try to remind myself that though i’m older now… i still have SO MUCH live to life! For this reason — looking at old pictures helps me to live my life to its fullest.. so 10 years from now i can look back and who i am at this present moment and see a happy and healthy girl
p.s. you were such a cutie, sweetheart! and i’m sure your equally as adorable now– if not more!
Aw baby pictures! What an adorable little girl you were! I love pictures because they’re able to capture beautiful moments forever, even those sad ones, wahh
Awww! You were so cute!!! What is it with parents putting their kids in laundry baskets? Must be an Asian thing because I swear there’s an exact picture of me in one too stashed somewhere in my parent’s photo albums. lol
At least you don’t have any embarrassing naked bathtub pictures. I’d share mine, but then I’d have to go into hiding. With my dumb luck there will be not any internet connection there either.
That was beautiful…
What do you want to remember most from your life?
I want to remember the happy, fun times with loved ones. I would just like to hold onto happy moments…
I get very nostalgic looking at old pictures of myself, and of family….so much time has passed and we have mostly grown apart. It is hard sometimes to look back but I am thankful for the memories of happy times!
Jen
You are so freakin cute! I’ll have to find some baby pics, but I think they are all at my mom’s in NC. I love all the holidays spent with family and the care free spirit of childhood . . . sigh.
ADORABLE pictures!!!! Love them!
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