Keeping memories alive

Having a loved one pass is so difficult to endure First there's sorry, then anger, then the proverbial question, 'why me?' "They say" time heals all wounds. Nonsense. I feel the same pain I did when my parents first died. However, there is a lighter side to this. As I writer I am able to keep their memory alive. With the novel Faction, I gave my detective, Jamie Acito, my parents. Their looks, their phrases, and their sometimes annoying questions. Writing them into my storyline keeps them alive!!!!