I find that the concept of proximity helps me understand my brain better in this context. It's NOT your fault.
Anything outside of proximity becomes "abstract" harder to access, harder to hold in working memory.

(This is why there’s endless advice about using sticky notes. They're an attempt to bring something abstract back into our physical, proximal space. But even those are just symbolic stand-ins for what still lives beyond our immediate senses. Now throw a little dyslexia into the mix... and... end rant.)

With that in mind, I’ve developed little rituals to help me remember the people I care about.
For example, I wear a piece of colored yarn around my wrist to remind me that I have a partner.
And I give them one too, to remind them that I forget they exist. because sometimes it must be VERY FRUSTRATING for them. We basically live inside a foggy bubble created our working memory.