scanner fun

i set about today to start scanning all of my old family photos into the mac. it is a tedious process, not totally difficult, just time consuming. i completed a number of them, but i have a lot more to do. i have a number of slides from the 50's to scan. my dad was a camera buff. had a dark room and everything. i also have movies. as i was the baby in the family, 95% of the photos i have do not include me. lots and lots of photos/slides of my sister. all the firsts. it is difficult to go through all of these photos/slides. my sister and i were never close (an understatement). as so many people, i come from a dysfunctional family. no one needs that. no one asks for that. it just happens. if i can use these photos/slides in my art, it cannot help but to be a healing experience, right?