Just Out of Reach

When people are gone, after a while, you find it hard to recall things you thought you'd never forget.

My mother lost her mom to breast cancer when she was 13, she cannot picture her mother's face anymore. She doesn't remember the sound of her laughter or the sound of her voice.
The few pictures she has are the only memories she has: memories of pictures, not memories of the person that used to be.

Worried that I'd forget people that I've lost (which is hard enough), I looked up how to protect and recall my memories.

The trick is: don't try to remember specifically what they look like but focus on moments, things that happened.