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Ask Before the Funeral
Do not wait for grief to make memory feel urgent.
Everybody suddenly wants stories after someone dies. Ask before the funeral. Ask while they can correct you, laugh, wander off topic, and tell it in their own strange way. The wandering is part of the treasure.
Shared from one person's lived experience, not offered as a universal rule.