My cousin recently put a bunch of old family videos on DVD, so I watched a bit - really old stuff from before I was born, of my parents and both sets of grandparents.

All of it was fun to see, but what was really special was watching video of my dad's parents, who both passed away before I could know them. I think all I'd before seen of them were photographs, so this was amazing. There was no sound, but seeing them move around, talking and laughing with my parents...and my grandpa's expressions and gestures reminding me so much of how my dad is...wow. My dad and my cousin's dad were pretending to fight in the video, and they all looked so happy together. I'm so glad we have some kind of record of the past...especially what I missed out on.