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 Anonymous on 12-31-82

    Seemed like an interesting year full of new experiences. Bright & busy for the most part.

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  • From Les on 04-05-83

    I was born on this day as well!!

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  • From Breanna cardente on 01-11-97

    This is my birthday !!! I just came upon this information on facebook this is beautiful!! God rest his soul

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  • From Hannah on 04-25-94

    taken on my birthday. love this picture.

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  • From Andra on 01-15-88

    Ha! This was the day I was born. Their boredom is pretty much my personality now. January babies are weird.

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  • From Kartika on 05-20-85

    I was born this day.. how I wish he was with us

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  • From Burgandy on 04-15-93

    I was born this Year and day. I Love this photo it reminds how fun life should be!

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  • From Jennelle O'Toole on 11-12-84

    I was born in this day in Mesa, AZ. So fitting for there to be a birthday cake as the picture:)

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  • From Haggardo Verzosa on 09-09-90

    it was my birthday, two people chatting during that day. Must be where i get my friendly vibe.

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  • From Mike Jeswald on 10-21-84

    My birthday! Being goofy, obsessed with aerospace, and in professional aviation (commercial jet pilot/instructor) I find this very fitting!

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  • From Beth Suess on 11-21-91

    Lovely mystery. The day my eldest daughter was born. <3

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  • From Beth Suess on 07-25-91

    Th day my oldest son was born. Love it. 😍

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  • From Beth Suess on 06-25-94

    The day my youngest daughter was born. This fits <3

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  • From Beth Suess on 01-29-97

    The day I met the Love of my life <3

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  • From Mike Brooks on 10-24-97

    My adopted son was born on this day. I have no idea what I was doing or where I was when he was born. Now I know 1 more thing about the world from this day. Goodbye Jamie, thank you for sharing your life with all of us.

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  • From Jane Pike on 08-14-90

    This really tickles me! It was my 21st birthday, but as it was a Tuesday I’d had a big party on the Saturday before…pre-empted by a night out with one friend on the Friday who’d complained too many people would be around and they wanted to celebrate with me without competing for my time…we wound up working our way across the optics behind the bar! The following day – party Saturday – friends drove the 250+miles from London to join in and kidnapped me for the old “hair of the dog” resulting in me being late for my own party…and my mum rebuking me!!…My kidnappers had already gotten me totally stoned, to the upset of my closest friends who’d gone directly to the party with their families, but by the end of the night all was well! The visiting friends stayed over – already family were staying so it was a full house and we didn’t get much sleep…so nor did anyone else! The Sunday saw a family trip to the Pleasure Beach at Blackpool (one of the UKs largest funfairs)- just over an hour away. I’m sure I was still drunk! Then a slight let off on the Monday before heading out on my actual birthday for more of the same. The clock-watching in the picture just seems so fitting in these circumstances!! It just feels like such an analogy for how I was feeling “what time/day is it?…is it really actually finally my birthday??” – it brings a smile to my face anyway. I’m so thankful for stumbling across this beautiful record of your friends’ incredible life, love, attention to detail. <3

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  • From Afton Noha on 11-02-95

    I was born on this day in Miami Florida!

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  • From Matt on 10-20-96

    This was the day of my Bar Mitzvah. There was a huge Noreaster in NY. I wonder if they had a power outage.

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  • From Devon on 09-20-97

    This was my 19th birthday and my first day of school at the University of California at Santa Cruz. I moved into student housing at Porter College (B4N) and met my hall mates and my dorm mate. It was the beginning of a beautiful adventure and my first taste of “adult freedom.” I’ll never forget this day.

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  • From Sam Privette on 04-17-93

    I was born this day, in this year. It’s a beautiful photo of a happy moment. I hope that this amazing project that brings people together over memories and moments keeps going. 💙

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  • From Dana on 10-25-97

    You did great work Jamie. Your life may have been cut short, but you truly lived a wonderful life. RIP <3

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  • From Alissa on 09-07-86

    This is the day I was born. And I feel like this photo represents how my life has gone since then: Pizza and a confused face.

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  • From Vajiramali Hemachandra on 04-16-94

    This was my birthday. ☺

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  • From Hrishikesh Shirke on 07-05-97

    The day when I was born! 💟

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  • From Areesah Mobley on 01-20-80

    I was born on this day. Thank you for sharing.

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  • From Natalia on 12-28-89

    It’s my birthday too 😀 I wonder who that baby is.

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  • From LISANDRO on 01-26-80

    The day I was born

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  • From Dana on 06-15-93

    The day I graduated High School 🙂

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  • From Dana on 05-24-84

    My 10th birthday 🙂

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  • From Sheaven Harralson on 05-06-94

    The day I was born. 💕

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  • From Noodle (@wanderlustjunki) on 09-17-96

    This is my birthday!!

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  • From Jess Bennett on 01-09-84

    The day and year I was born! I love this website! Jess B

    U.K 🖤

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  • From James on 03-01-95

    I was born March 1, 1995. I am also a musician and I have played professionally, and I enjoy playing every day.

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  • From Monica Molina-hernandez on 11-27-82

    My birthday🎂

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  • From Ania on 01-17-87

    Me too! 😉

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  • From Anonymous on 12-31-81

    Just finished this year. Seemed like a dark & moody one. I wonder if he was going through something. I feel like the photos were heavy even though many of them weren’t about much- lots of blur and textures. Not as many faces. Mood didn’t really pick up until summer months. Lots of laughter in previous years, not so much this one. Seemed kind of hazy.

    I had deja vu when looking at late September-early October.

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  • From Amy on 09-01-95

    My Daughter was born this day!

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  • From Amy on 09-02-95

    My Daughter was born this day!

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  • From Leah Howard on 10-02-84

    My brother was born this day. I miss him so much.

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  • From Ashley on 08-18-83

    This is also the day I was born. I live in Ontario, but it was an unusually hot summer, and my Mother would spend the days leading up to my birth sitting in my 18 month old brothers kiddie pool to cool off.
    I am very artistic and always have been. I love to create with what ever i can get my hands on. I would always get in trouble at school drawing on all my assignments or half-assing the written part of the “write a story and draw a picture to go with it” projects.
    When I was in High school, my dream was to become a theatrical stage artist, or movie special effects artist. but life happens….. and I’m ok with that. because I love where I am now.

    This photo is a great representation of my life.

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  • From Mary Fiorillo on 10-22-95

    The day my husband and I went on our first date. <3

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  • From Madhurjya Das on 07-12-94

    I was born on this date 😊😊😊

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  • From Danielle Strouse on 09-26-86

    This was my birthday 🙂 what a great story, may Jamie rest in peace; great man!

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  • From Kelley Wells on 12-31-83

    The day I was born!

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  • From Mark Leyson on 05-04-82

    Okay, I will tell you all about May 4, 1982. I will make a research & select in google.

    * Twenty sailors are killed when the British Type 42 destroyer HMS Sheffield is hit by an Argentinian Exocet missile during the Falklands War.

    * Twins rookie outfielder Jim Eisenreich, who suffers from Tourette’s Syndrome, removes himself, due to taunts from Red Sox bleacher fans.

    * 11 minutes of commercial breaks from the night of May 4th, 1982. These commercials were shown during NBC’s “GEORGE BURNS’ 100TH BIRTHDAY SPECIAL” broadcast. See this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utLigrF2VFY

    * [May 4, 1982 calendar] The next time you can reuse your old 1982 calendar will be in 2021.

    * Kleopas Giannou (born 4 May 1982 in Peristeri, Athens) is a former Greek footballer.

    * Markus Antonius Rogan (born 4 May 1982 in Vienna) is a retired Austrian swimmer, who won two silver medals at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece and a gold medal for 200 m backstroke at the 2008 World Short Course Championships in Manchester.

    * Georgios Tsiaras (alternate spelling: Giorgos Tsiaras) (born May 4, 1982) is a Greek professional basketball player who plays for Apollon Patras of the Greek Basket League.

    * Vera Schmidt (born 4 May 1982, Miskolc, Hungary) is a Hungarian pop singer-songwriter who rose to popularity after placing fifth in the Hungarian version of Pop Idol Megasztár. She is a student in Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest.

    * And, this day (May 4, 1982) is may special day… HELLO WORLD!!!

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  • From Anonymous on 12-31-80

    Just finished this year. Definitely more abstract than the last, & focused on more objects, shapes, light than ’79. Still a year filled with people. I’m wondering if he has a daily routine or not, and if not, how he managed that. Also curious about who the reoccurring old man is- father? Grandfather?

    Anyway I’m feeling inspired to start my own photo of the day. What’s the modern version of that- instagram? I’ll probably make a private one. Seems like this project was something personal, for himself. Think mine would be, too.

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  • From Anonymous on 07-16-80

    This is my school! It’s a university now. Wow didn’t expect to see that

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  • From Momma Coop on 06-09-79

    This was my 1st birthday

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    • From Lynn Surprenant on 06-09-79

      That was my son’s first birthday also. Geary was born at 1:16 6/9/78.

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  • From Anonymous on 01-07-80

    Definitely a favorite. Such a raw moment

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  • From Anonymous on 12-31-79

    Just finished this year. Something that struck me was how surrounded by people he is. I can’t imagine being with someone every day, experiencing that in the photos was kind of tiring but everyone seems so happy.

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