[bambax]

> 10 years later, I regret having essentially no pictures of anything

Yes. I take lots of photos and even I regret not having more, or videos of the kids learning to walk or learning to talk.

Also: memories are fleeting, very fast. I've been keeping a journal for five years now; I try to describe my day the day after at the latest, but when I miss a day or two it's incredibly hard to remember anything--anything!!-- about what I did 48 hours ago.

Some moments stay with you for the rest of your life, but most of the things that you do disappear from your mind extremely fast.

You will absolutely remember the birth of your first kid, with many details and the sweet and sour smell of hospital corridors, camera or not; but not everything is like that (actually, nothing is like that!)

Now the counter-argument is maybe that what you don't remember didn't deserve to be remembered; but I don't agree with that. Memories is the only thing that's truly ours.