07/30/2025
Say their name. Always. 🖤
I think about all the moments that made you who you were, and I want to say your name out loud, to make sure you do not disappear. There is a part of me that feels like if I stop talking about you, the world will forget you. I cannot let that happen.
I do not care if people get uncomfortable or if they do not know what to say back. You deserve to be remembered.
The world does not make this easy. People stop asking about how I am without you. They stop bringing up your name because they think it will hurt me, as if I am not already hurting. They do not see that hearing your name, telling your stories, is what keeps me connected to you.
You were real. You still are. You lived, you mattered, and you are still the center of so much of my life.
There are days I talk about you with tears in my eyes, and days I can laugh when I remember something you said or did. I know people might look at me and think I am stuck in the past, but this is not living in the past. It is about holding on to you. Telling your story is what I can do now, and I will keep doing it as long as I live.
If you find yourself wanting to say their name or share their story, do it. Let people hear it. Let them know your person still matters, even if the rest of the world has moved on. There is no expiration date on love or on the stories of the ones we carry.
