So many times I have sat down to look at old photographs and thought 'hmm. I do not remember that at all'. You would think that the photographs would trigger memories but I don't find that that is the case. At a young age, I think we don't recognize events and places as being important to capture in pictures, like our parents did. They, like your father, were always taking photographs. What I do remember from those early years are usually associated with emotions.

Like the time I attended a gun show with my dad. They had an elephant on the grounds that you could pay to ride. I didn't remember that until I ran across the photograph and a feeling of intense fear washed over me, but I don't actually remember getting up on that elephant. My dad said I was petrified and yelled loud enough for the entire gun show to hear. There are photos that triggered happy feelings as well, and even in those I don't remember being present, but the photos prove otherwise.