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(My Uncle Joe with his sons, one year before he passed away.

He was a photographer and taught me much)

I watched my social media flood with images of friends visiting Notre Dame Cathedral. Some visits were recent, some from the nineties. Those who grieved that historically significant building burning needed to express their concern with evidence that they had once been there. 

When a loved one passes away, we look for images to show them in their best light, or in their most natural state. We post them online and arrange them for visitors to see at the funeral. We celebrate a person's legacy through the images we have to show successes and tender moments.

Do not dismiss the value of an image. Perhaps their significance cannot be understood until a time of sorrow. But, do not wait until then to realize the images were never created.