It really will. After my dad died - I was so upset about the missing photos and my (sometimes annoyingly) Buddhist BF just said - you know where I keep my memories? In my heart.
His upbringing was super rough, and there's literally no pics of him as a baby and maybe 2 of him as a kid. I got pissed off at first when he said that, but every day it sinks in a bit more...doesn't make death or loss of our mementos any easier - but as long as we have memories we keep our deceased loved ones alive.
Good luck man :-)