Who do I delete and when

 Who do I delete and when?

Anyone get what I am implying?

No, I am not refereeing to my Facebook or Instagram accounts, where at times I feel there are people, who have no inclination of keeping in touch, or even showing that they are alive, but are there – squatting, snooping, & unnecessarily occupying a place on the list.

Will deal with that issue and those people sometime later.

Today I am thinking of those that have passed on and are no more.

Relatives, friends, colleagues, classmates, childhood acquaintances, former neighbours etc.

I have quite a few of them as contacts in my phone list and hence on WhatsApp too. Often when I scroll down I come across the names of these good souls – I vividly recollect we called each other , and exchanged news, pictures, prayers and jokes on WhatsApp regularly, and now they are no more.

Whenever I come to their name or see an old message or photograph, I pause and reflect & it just makes me sad and at times a trifle depressed & melancholic as well.

I think of them – of when we last met, of our last conversation on phone, of the last message or pics that we exchanged & on a few occasions I have almost messaged them as a matter of habit.

Do I keep them on my list or do I delete them – if so when?

Keeping them on my list is what I would prefer.

I know this is a rather somber thought but it is what it is .