Stories about those days.

The stories that people have about Jamie’s photos are a source of amazement.  Some are of the “that’s me and we were doing this” type of stories from Jamie’s friends. Some are the “I never met Jamie but this was taken on my birthday and it means a lot to me. And some are just stunningly moving one of a kind stories.

  • From Chris older on 06-08-83

    Seen this photo on fb

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  • From Chris older on 11-20-85

    My birthday

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  • From Alex Kenney on 10-11-86

    I was born at 11 am on this day! Awesome pic!

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  • From Alan on 05-28-88

    my 18th birthday – and no doubt I was having a celebratory masturbate..

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  • From William M Bruce Smith on 07-05-92

    Just graduated Cosmetology College on the 3rd of July and this was my first day at my new job. Loved It!!! Worked here until I got my feet wet and went on to my own shop after 5yrs. Cut hair for the next eighteen years…and then some.

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  • From Joe Money-Chappelle on 02-21-96

    Welp, just discovered this through a happenstance imgur post and honestly i’m glad that I did, a simple picture a day helps to really show how much matters in a person’s life and honestly I decided the first thing to do was to look for my birthday photo (as I’ve heard is a common thing to do) and i’m genuinely glad that it’s not a necessarily beautiful photo or amazing photography or anything like that, it simply is a photograph taken of this man hanging out with company (I assume friends? correct me if not) and just doing his usual thing, in all honesty I may start doing this sort of thing myself, it would be unfortunately digital and so there would be less physical memorabilia to follow but hey, it still counts right? anyway I’ve rambled long enough, thank you Jamie for taking the photos and thank you Hugh and Betsy for allowing simple people like me to actually view them with this site, have a great day if you do happen to read this way too long comment.

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  • From Rukami “Silver” Katochi on 12-29-94

    My birthday is a picture of a bandaid, how fitting.

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  • From Rob Boyes on 09-22-95

    My son was born on this day. Forever changed.

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  • From Maksim Malygin on 01-27-90

    Is this Michael Jackson on TV?

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  • From Jason Granholm on 05-20-96

    I bought my first beer legally in Lake Mary, Florida on this day.

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  • From Lars on 01-12-82

    Mine too 🙂 (I’m from Norway btw)

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  • From Jorge on 06-03-82

    Same here. It seems Jamie was playing with the circus while my mom was in labor.

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  • From Britny on 07-11-92

    This was the day I was born. It is intriguing to see the lives of other people on this day.

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  • From Shania Edwards on 05-14-97

    I was born on this day! Thank you! ❤️

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  • From Angela C. on 10-13-94

    This is the day that my first child was born.

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  • From Tyler on 06-11-82

    The day I was born

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  • From Angela Heins on 03-20-96

    This was the day I was born. It’s amazing to see what other people were doing and have a look into their world!

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  • From Julieta Fernández on 12-24-81

    Awsome. We’re being born all over the world! Greetings from Buenos Aires, Argentina. 😊

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  • From Susan Pandorf on 02-14-88

    I was born today ❤️ My mother did her makeup and dressed nice before going to the hospital, because she didn’t want anyone to see her not made up. She later sweated all the makeup off and ripped a patch of my dads beard out during labor, while my family faught with doctors to cram into the room with cameras and video recorders. Later that night, my aunt had the radio station play “Susie Q” by CCR.

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  • From Logan on 05-20-94

    Farewell, Jackie O.

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  • From Laura on 09-16-89

    The day me and my 2 brothers were born <3

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  • From Brooke M. Stephenson on 01-20-81

    me too Sean Wald! happy belated my fellow birthday twin

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  • From Alexandra on 06-16-91

    It’s the picture at my birthday.

    you want a story ?

    I’m not an interesting girl. I was born in france, I live in ireland for my boyfriend. And I have the feeling of not being in my place. But where is my place?

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  • From Chelsey Parris on 07-20-94

    Thinking about how I was being brought into this world in Knoxville TN.. and this picture was being taken the same day. It’s so cool I love it!!

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  • From Aimee Grugan on 03-09-81

    This is the day that I was born. I missed being born on my dad’s birthday by just a few hours, but we still celebrate our birthdays together anyway. My parents were 32 years old, my brother was 13, and my sister was 2. I’ve always thought my birthday was a magical number since it is multiples of itself (3×3=9, 9×9=81). We lived in the backwoods of Oklahoma at the time, in a cute little house that my daddy built. We would go down to the river to go swimming, mom would hang the clothes on the clothesline in the backyard, and my big brother would ride his bike up and down the dirt road. I remember he always wore those knee socks with the stripes at the top.

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  • From Mimi Levine on 09-17-79

    My family lived in Brooklyn and I turned 9 on this day.

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  • From strange on 10-25-97

    Rest in peace unknow friend….@

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  • From strange on 03-06-84

    Le 06 Mars 1984, le jour de ma naissance! 🙂

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  • From Jesse Chapman on 12-03-87

    The day I was born. It’s so amazing to look back at the previous pictures.

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  • From Kawika Lo on 05-21-84

    I was born on this day. I find it interesting that this can easily describe me. I love photography. Taking photos of other people, especially women.

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  • From Jon on 09-27-91

    This is also my birthday. Houston. Crazy to see so much of his daily before I was even around to observe.

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  • From Lori on 01-21-88

    My only child, a son. was born on this day. Like the picture, it was a day with bursts of light, but also very blurry and confusing, Shortly after delivery we found out that my son had Down Syndrome. I am happy to say that over the years, my son has grown into an amazing, brave, hilarious and sometimes stubborn man. He turns 29 tomorrow and I am so grateful for him.

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  • From Tyler Gordon on 05-29-90

    This is the Day I was born, I find this fairly interesting because the photo of this person resembles me quite a lot…

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  • From Giovanni Marcon on 05-20-87

    The day I was born. Music has been really important in my life since this day.

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  • From Scorpiograni on 08-31-97

    Same day I learned my grandmother had Stage 4 liver cancer.

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  • From Scorpiograni on 02-06-88

    Got married on this day. Biggest regret of my life.

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  • From Scorpiograni on 01-25-86

    My daughter was born on this day. I was single, alone and terrified, but i have never regretted my decision to have her or keep her.

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  • From Bradley on 07-20-86

    This was the date of my 18th birthday. Thank you for keeping this wonderful collection of images online – I know it means so much to so many people and is a fantastic legacy.

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  • From Matthew Ouillette on 04-09-82

    I was born on this day in Yellowknife, NWT, Canada. Kinda fitting that this one of the few pics with snow.

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  • From Jenn on 03-31-82

    My birthday too 🙂

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  • From E. Bailey on 11-21-84

    The day my boyfriend Jamin was born.

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  • From E. Bailey on 08-08-92

    This is the day I turned 18.

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  • From Sleeping Porch 4U (@tucson_bob) on 11-05-79

    This is the day my father died. He was 53, I was 27.

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  • From Grace on 10-05-95

    The day I was born ❤

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  • From Cloyd Hunter Royal on 12-18-80

    This is the day of my birth.I am, but a small footnote in this world. Thank you for this website.

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  • From Carl B. on 02-02-95

    This is the day I arrived at basic training. I see that we had a very different experience this morning. It is very humbling to look at a date in time and see what someone else, completely disconnected from you was experiencing. Beautifully, thought providing and very calmining in a way.

    Thank you so much for this site.

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  • From Carl B. on 01-16-95

    This is my 18th birthday. It is also the day I signed up for the United States Air Force. I left for basic training on February 2, 1995

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  • From wreckingsilver on 01-23-89

    Day of Birth.

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  • From joanne on 04-20-87

    The day my son was born. York Hospital UK. There were train lines behind us and Steam trains running that Easter weekend.

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  • From Barbara Harrison on 04-21-81

    This is the day my daughter was born.

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