How do you keep the memories of a departed loved one alive?

My husband passed away from a brain hemorrhage in 2024. I have his photos all over the house, I play his favorite music or songs that make me think of him. I talk out loud to him in the house or car too.

On Valentine's day I took him a bunch of flowers to the crematorium which he'd have told me off for and then I bought and cooked a steak dinner which he'd have loved. These little things make me feel closer to him. Hope you're doing ok under the circumstances X

My house is full of mementos of trips we took together; someone recently said it looked liked a museum. Each one I look at reminds me of the good times we had together.

And then there are the grandkids. Just spent a long weekend with them and their parents, as well as granddaughter's fiance and future in-laws. And every time I see what successful lives they are building for themselves I think of how proud she would be of them, and hoping/knowing she is able to observe, appreciate, and smile happily.

Photographs. I read things my father wrote and sometimes talk to him.

Kaddish