Oh my, you don't want to forget him, nor can you unless you have some sort of brain malady.
We grow so much from the people who pass through our lives. From both the fun and loving times as well as the sad and challenging times. Because in the end it's not really about the details of what has happened to us, but rather what we do and accomplish with our given circumstances.
Only time and the events in our lives seem to lessen the rough spots. For example: I've lost dear friends in the 80's and 90 to A.I.D.S. and my mom to breast cancer in 2000. The pain of loosing them is just as vivid today as it was those years ago, but since then, my life has been blessed and enriched with so many people and events. Like traveling, friends babies, my flowers this past spring and summer.
Only new memories pile on top of old ones and life seems easier.
So, as the saying goes, time heals all wounds. Give time, time.
Try some new things, new places and new faces and let us know what miracles come your way.
double peace