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Sit with an older relative and go through the photos together
Write names and dates on the back (use pencil or archival pen)
Scan and digitize them — preserve what you can
Create a simple album titled “Where We Come From”
You’re not just saving photos.
You’re saving history.
💬 In Grief, Be Gentle With Yourself
We’re often told to “move on.”
To “let go.”
To “clean the house and start fresh.”
But healing isn’t about erasing.
It’s about carrying love forward.
And sometimes, the smallest things — a note, a voice, a mug, a photo — are the heaviest with meaning.
So don’t rush.
Don’t force closure.
Let the memories come to you in their own time.
Because grief isn’t linear.
And love?
Love never ends.
🌿 Final Thoughts: The Things We Keep Are the Things That Keep Us
We think of funerals as endings.
But they’re also beginnings — of a new kind of relationship with the person we’ve lost.
One that lives in:
A voicemail
A handwritten word
A familiar scent
A faded photograph
So if you’re standing in a quiet house, surrounded by boxes, and someone says, “Should we throw this away?”
Pause.
Ask:
“Could this one day bring comfort?”
If the answer is yes — even maybe — keep it.
Because one day, when you’re not ready, you’ll need it.
And it will be there.
Waiting.
Whispering.
Loving you still.
