Inactive account

If my account is considered inactive, which they said that *** Email address is removed for privacy *** is listed as inactive, does that mean I can no longer access it ever or can I just activate it again because I really need my pictures from my email they are the only copies I have. I have logged into this email within the last year to verify new security features or something you had but I don't use it on a daily just to go and look at the pictures that I have in the inbox from my daughters birth every now and then and they really mean a lot to me