Hi Taraz. Memories are huge and photos are fantastic the memories in your head are more valuable. At the time your concern would have been with your wife and soon to be daughter. Concerns over a photograph are kind of pushed behind the scenes as the importance of a pain free wife are top of the list. There are moments where I wish I had a camera but those are the moments you will never forget.
This is the hope and also why getting old scares so many people. As Alzheimers takes the memory, it takes the life.
I do understand that with what has happened in your life recently. I didn't have camera phones when I had my children and the camcorder was too expensive. Have a few photos but not the number I would have had if they were born now. technology has changed and where you may think you have missed a few here and there I missed so many. I just hope that Alzheimer's has a cure soon as to rob someone of their life is devastating.
It is interesting how it has shifted because it wasn't so long ago that many people had close to zero childhood photos. They survived just fine.
I haven't spoken to my father in months because the chances of getting him when he can actually remember who I am is so slim.
That would tear you apart knowing he can't remember you. It's a tough one. It would tear me apart if my dad forgot me.