My father passed away a couple of hours ago.

[Journeyman]

7. I have been consoled in the loss of family and friends by the recognition . . .

that though they have passed I retain my memories, for truly, the only substitute for love is memory.

And should you find one day the memories become sparse, recall that the departed are best remembered if thought of in a context. In other words, think not of them but of specific incidents and occasions you shared with them, and in the memory of those seemingly mundane acts the life and love of those absent and missed will spring to your mind unbidden and remain with you untarnished by time’s passing.