Describe an object that reminds you of a person

An object that always reminds me of a person is a blue ceramic mug in my kitchen, which belonged to my best friend, Dilya. We met in the first year of school and were inseparable for more than ten years, until her family moved to Canada two years ago.

The mug is quite big, with a white inside and a deep blue outside, and it has a small crack near the handle. Dilya left it at my house after one of our evenings of studying together, and when she moved, she said I should keep it so that I would always have something of hers. I use it nearly every morning for my tea, and it is the only mug in the house that I never let anyone else use. My family now knows that it is mine.

It reminds me of Dilya in several ways. First of all, it was always in her hand. She was a real tea addict and drank it constantly, even in summer, and I can still picture her sitting at the kitchen table with this mug, complaining about maths homework. Second, it reminds me of the countless conversations we had. We talked about our dreams, our worries and our crushes over cups of tea. Third, the crack in the handle came from a day when we were laughing so hard that she nearly dropped it.

Although we now live in different time zones, we still call each other every week. But whenever I drink from that mug, I feel for a moment as if she is sitting next to me.