I wish I had

It’s impossible to journey through this life without collecting a large trunk of regrets. I am not going to pull out and thumb through the serious ones here: but in pondering my past today, a few ‘wish-I-hads’ came to mind. I post them here as a way to acknowledge how small a vision I (we) have of what future-me will want or need. These are not serious regrets about things that shape relationships, health or life-direction. Those are a bit too precious, and tender, to post online. These come with a smile of hindsight and maybe a little twinge. I wish I had: Not stopped using 35 mm film in the early 2000s. Adopted a big ol’ .txt file to save thoughts, journals, links, bookmarks, lyrics etc. I love this format so much and it would be awesome to have such a trove. Sent more postcards. Taken a photo of every house & school, every home we visited and Church we passed through, and every holiday place we stayed. Each with a date and place labelled. The list of those is vast and jumbled…