Originally published at National Catholic Register
Ponderings on memories and what God is trying to reveal through them …
Gregory Floyd is known to Catholic readers for his powerful, bestselling book: A Grief Unveiled: One Father’s Journey Through the Death of a Child, a memoir about maintaining faith in the aftermath of the tragic death of his 6-year-old son John Paul.
With his latest book, Unforgettable: How Remembering God’s Presence in Our Past Brings Hope to Our Future, Floyd touches his readers’ hearts again with personal stories about his life in connection with meditations on beauty, marriage, family and prayer.
Floyd begins the book by recalling a conversation with his aging mother, who has Alzheimer’s. She did not remember his name; Floyd’s mother, a woman with an advanced degree in French literature, could only call him “love.” He begins to think about memories: what they are and how they shape us. He ponders the question of who we are without our memories. What do memories reveal about us? Where do they lead? How do they connect us to God?
“In particular, I found myself thinking about the things that come to us without our looking for them. Things that are, in fact, unforgettable: words
