Matthew Perry‘s mother Suzanne Morrison is remembering her late son on his birthday.

On Wednesday, Aug. 19, the Matthew Perry House shared a heartfelt tribute from the actor’s mother on what would have been his 57th birthday. The non-profit paired the sweet message with an old family photo of Morrison feeding Perry when he was a baby.

“August 19th. It’s his birthday. Matthew was born 57 years ago today, a day that I feel as keenly as if [it] all happened this very morning,” she wrote. “Along with all the days he struggled, and the days he hid his addiction from the world, and even from me.”

“Sweet, loving, funny, cantankerous, pig-headed Matthew, who wanted – so much – to be well,” she continued. “I miss him terribly. All the time. Every day.”

“And I hear him saying over and over in those last days of his life, ‘I just want to help people like me, stuck in the disease of addiction,’” she continued. “He can’t anymore. But we can. And with your help, we will.”

Perry died suddenly on Oct. 28, 2023, at the age of 54, from an accidental ketamine overdose. At the time of Perry’s death, his family released a statement exclusively to PEOPLE. “We are heartbroken by the tragic loss of our beloved son and brother,” the family said. “Matthew brought so much joy to the world, both as an actor and a friend.”

Ahead of the May 2026 sentencing of Kenneth Iwamasa — Perry’s personal assistant who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute ketamine in connection with the actor’s death — Morrison wrote a victim impact statement obtained by PEOPLE, in which she called Perry her “heart and my soul.”

“Ask any mother whose child has been torn away so mercilessly,” she wrote. “Nothing takes this pain away, nor will it, I am sure, for as long as [I] live.”

In an exclusive interview with the Today show’s Savannah Guthrie in October 2024, Morrison opened up about her grief and shared that she still thought of Perry in the “funny” moments of life.

“Even now, something funny will happen — I’ll see something funny or something ridiculous on the news, I go to call him,” Morrison recalled. “I have more freedom of a relationship with him now than I ever did. And then it hits me, then hits me so hard that he’s not there.”