Forever Lost Photos

I had these really nice pictures of me, my grandma and grandpa at one of my birthdays.

They were beautiful pictures. 

I only had them on my old Facebook because I used to be more of a Facebook person then an Instagram person. So I never posted the same photos on my Instagram. 

I used to be bullied all the time on my old Facebook. Every time I blocked the person he just kept making a new one and messaged me constantly and Facebook doesn’t do anything when you report them. I kept ignoring them and not replying, but he just kept messaging me. The last straw was when I was working and saw a message and thought it was one of my friends so I looked at it and I broke into tears. I called my mom crying my eyes out. After that day I deactivated my account and stayed away from Facebook for years. That message just broke me. 

I lost every single photo there. I was young so I never knew of putting photos on a thumb drive or disk. I wish I knew about that. I would still have the photos. I loved those photos. I didn’t take many family photos with my grandparents. I wish I did. I regret not taking many photos with them. I now only have photos of my grandma and grandpa together, I have none with the 3 of us. I feel so horrible and I keep beating myself up about not putting them on my other social media and not putting them on a disk or something. I’m so upset at myself and can not let it go. 

I can’t believe I was so stupid. I should have put the photos on a disk or something before I deactivated my very old Facebook.

Reviews

[Aura]

I'm so sorry to hear this. People can be so horrible on social media like Facebook, this counts as harassment. I wish you had more pictures of you with your grandma and grandpa, it's clear that is was a heartbreaking moment for you, and I am so sorry you can't retrieve them. These pictures were so special to you, but it's the actions of one selfish person that hurt you in more ways than one. I wonder if there is a way to re-activiate an account? Probably not right? Or maybe if you call the help centre, if there is one? I'm not sure. Who took tho photo for you? Do you still have the camera or something? I'm not sure what the method was for the image but I wish you had it.

[Anmarie]

It was one of my very old digital cameras that i lost years ago :(. I tried to activate the old account but when i put my email in it said i didn’t have an account with that email. I hoped it was on them on my very old instagram i asked a friend that still followed my old account and sadly she couldn’t find them.

[Aura]

That must've been a hard loss. But at least the memories you have of your grandparents will forever be cherished... and they can't be lost

[Anmarie]

Very true. You got a point there. Thank you :)

[Coyote Poetry]

This is sad dear Ang. Photos are memories. Some of the photos we need. I have thousands of photos of child and grandchildren. I love everyone. Leave the naysayers behind and appreciate the good days. Thank you for sharing the amazing poetry and your thoughts.
Coyote

[Anmarie]

Thank you. I regret it every day. I never thought about putting it on a disk or anything. After that i now put all my photos on a disk or thumb drive. Every day i hope that the photos will show up some where some day.

[Coyote Poetry]

We must keep the old photos my friend and you are welcome.

[Anmarie]

Ya. Now i’m making sure i save all the photos i take nowadays because i don’t want that to happen again