In 2019, Justin Harrison’s mom was diagnosed with terminal cancer. But by the time she died, he had figured out how to keep a part of her alive…forever. This week, the strange and provocative story of a man who believes that grief is not inevitable — that we can, in a way, cheat death.

Pictured: Justin Harrison and his mom, Melodi, pictured in August of 2022. It was their final photo together.