I’ve lost many people at this point in my life and one of the most memorable words of wisdom that someone gave me a long time ago was that …

when you lose someone, it punches a great big hole in your soul, the opening heals over time and grows smaller, but it never goes away.

Some might say, “But what happens when the people who remembered you are gone?” We are the sum of everyone we’ve ever known, and so what effect they had on you will be passed down to those who know you as well, however small.