The Memory Collectors

by Dete Meserve

No, the most common answer is that we want to spend a few more moments with someone we lost.

I read somewhere that a baby’s cells remain a part of their mom long after they are born, take their first steps, learn to speak, go to school, get a job, and become a parent themselves. Maybe that’s why I can’t let go of him. Why Sam still feels like he’s always with me.