4th of July

At times birthdays dig up closed off sentiments and some old pain resurfaces, throwing you off balance as mixed feelings of longing and helplessness washes over you. But is it really possible to lose people to death when we see them face to face in the mirror, hear their voices in our words, their memories seeping through the life we now know? Maybe the more pressing question we constantly have to go over is, would it be better to remember or to forget?