Inexplicably missing my Mum today. Its daft nonsense like the pattern she used to knit for every new baby or how to make her horseraddish dip or that bloke who lived down the street...what was his name Mum? I talk to her all the time. Sometimes I just wish she'd answer :'(
All the things you just wrote about should be in a journal or on an Ancestry family tree. I'm not sure why she doesn't answer but would assume that it's because she has passed. If that is the case - even more reason to record your feelings and memories as it keeps her memory alive from your perspective and it sounds like a great one.