I visited my nana on Friday, I've been going at least once a week to keep her company and to ensure she's not alone. We were sat watching TV when all of a sudden she got up and went into her room, I heard her rustling around for around ten minutes. She them emerges with two folders of photos. Photos of me and her from when she used to take me on holiday each year from my ages of 6-8. She has tonnes but these were the ones she selected.
I was so excited that I threw my tablet across the phone. For about an hour, she passed me photos and we reminisced on them all, it felt amazing and so nostalgic to look back in time with her to some of, if not the most fondest memories of my childhood with her.
I texted M and told him about the little nostalgia trip my nan took me down and he sent me back a red snap, a photo of him smiling and the text on the snap said "aww. I wish I could see them with you"
I had a 💡 moment... I asked my nana if I could take the photos back to mine so I could surprise mark with them.. after asking a couple of times and spending some time sorting them out, she agreed and I brought them back.
M came to spend the night at mine last night, and after we had eaten and he had settled in, I pulled them out, the smile that beamed from his face was truly precious. We spent around an hour, maybe longer, looking through them as I told him stories about them all. He showed such genuine contentment and interest, even in the smallest details of the photos. So much so, he even managed to somehow read an old bar menu in the hotel my nan and I stayed in each year we went on holiday. It was always the same one and I'd never change that for the world.
He even then went on to open up about his childhood. M and I have known eachother since May 2022 and his childhood is something he's never really opened up on, unless it's been trauma or negative things. I cannot express how wonderfully refreshing it was to see him smile and even get a bit emotional when he told me some positive stories.
It was even more magical than I thought it would be, and I'm hoping that when I return the photos to my nana, she brings more out and I can do it again. It's something I will happily look back on from years to come.
I forever love making memories with my man, but this one, is very special..
I truly love him more than words. 🩶
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