Rooms of the lost

Lee Khim Fatt doesn't sleep in his bed anymore. Instead, he sleeps on the floor next to it. "It doesn't feel the same, doesn't feel right sleeping on the mattress without her beside me," he said.

Fatt's wife, Foong Wai Yueng, 40, was a stewardess aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which went off course and vanished March 8, 2014, on its way from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. One year later, relatives of the 239 people aboard still have no idea what happened to them.

Without evidence that the plane crashed, it's hard for family members to begin grieving and start to find closure, psychologists say. In the meanwhile, the grief, hope, anger — all the emotions they feel — are often wrapped up in the things the missing left behind — their clothes, their rooms, the smallest things.

Patrick Gomes' shorts are still right where he left them a year ago, draped over the left corner of his bed frame. Elaine Chew has left no marks on her daughter's makeshift growth chart, saying her husband, flight attendant David Tan Size Hiang, can do it when he finally comes home.

"I'm not going to change or move anything, just let it be the way it is," Fatt said of a wardrobe filled with his wife's uniforms and other belongings. "I believe she will come home, and things will be just how it was before."

Below is a photo essay by Joshua Paul documenting rooms left behind from the missing passengers who were aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. 

Flight 370 Anniversary Rooms of the Lost

This Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015, photo, shows part of a shared wardrobe filled with Foong Wai Yuengís clothes and personal belongings in her house outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Her husband , Lee Khim Fatt, says "Everything is the way it was since the day she left.î He says, "I'm not going to change or move anything, just let it be the way it is. I believe she will come home, and things will be just how it was before". (AP Photo/Joshua Paul)

Flight 370 Anniversary Rooms of the Lost

This Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015, photo, shows Patrick Gomes's favorite spot on his familyís couch in his house outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Gomes was the in-flight supervisor aboard flight 370, which disappeared March 8, 2014, while flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. (AP Photo/Joshua Paul)

Flight 370 Anniversary Rooms of the Lost

This Monday, March 2, 2015, photo, shows the make shift chart marking the height of David Tan's 6 year old daughter, Kylie, in their house outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Tanís wife, Elaine Chew said she and Tan used to alternate measuring Kylie, but she stopped doing it after the disappearance of flight MH370. ìI'll just give her excuses as long as I can to escape from doing it, I don't feel like it. I want David to come home and do it", said Chew. (AP Photo/Joshua Paul)

Flight 370 Anniversary Rooms of the Lost

This Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015, photo shows Patrick Gomes's wardrobe in his house where he kept his uniforms outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Gomes's wife, Jacquita Gomes, says she has left them just the way he left it. Patrick Gomes, 56, was the in-flight supervisor aboard Malaysian Airlines flight 370 when it disappeared last March. (AP Photo/Joshua Paul)

APTOPIX Flight 370 Anniversary Rooms of the Lost

This Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015, photo shows a luggage bag belonging to Foong Wai Yueng, 40, a stewardess who was aboard Malaysian Airlines flight 370 when it disappeared last March, at her home in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Yuengís husband, Lee Khim Fatt, 45, asked a friend to return the bag to him from the hotel where the Malaysia Airlines crew would stay in Beijing. Fatt says "her belongings are meant to be home and not missing somewhere." Fatt says he tried to open the bag but unfortunately, didnít know the pin code. (AP Photo/Joshua Paul)

Flight 370 Anniversary Rooms of the Lost

In this Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015, photo, a shoe box with the words "Andrew's Nike Airî written on it is placed on a shoe rack in Andrew Nari's house outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Nari was the chief steward aboard flight 370, which disappeared March 8, 2014, while flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. (AP Photo/Joshua Paul)

Flight 370 Anniversary Rooms of the Lost

This Thursday, March 5, 2015, photo, shows the bedroom of Patrick Gomes, 56, in his house outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Gomes was the in-flight supervisor aboard Malaysian Airlines flight 370 when it disappeared last March. Gomesís shorts have been draped over the left corner of the bed frame since MH370 disappeared last year. Gomes's wife, Jacquita Gomes, 53, says ìI left them there even though they are smelly now.î She says it "reminds me of him being here." (AP Photo/Joshua Paul)

Flight 370 Anniversary Rooms of the Lost

This Monday March 2, 2015, photo shows David Tan Size Hiangís medium luggage bag, in his house outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Hiang's wife, Elaine Chew says Hiang had his large bag with him aboard Malaysian Airlines flight 370 as he was supposed to go shopping for their daughterís birthday during his trip last March. (AP Photo/Joshua Paul)

Flight 370 Anniversary Rooms of the Lost

In this Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015, photo, a spare name tag of Andrew Nari's is placed onto his uniform in his house outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Nari who was married to Melanie Antonio, 46, and had two children, Maira Elizabeth Nari, 19, and Malcomn Radeng Nari, 14, was the Chief Steward aboard flight 370, which disappeared March 8, 2014, while flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. (AP Photo/Joshua Paul)

Flight 370 Anniversary Rooms of the Lost

This Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015, photo, shows the master bedroom of Foong Wai Yueng, 40, a stewardess who was aboard Malaysian Airlines flight 370 when it disappeared last March, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Yuengís husband, Lee Khim Fatt, 45, says "I have not changed or moved anything except changing the sheets, as the kids have always slept with us here. But ever since that day, I sleep on the floor mattress with my son. It doesn't feel the same, doesn't feel right sleeping on the mattress without her beside me." (AP Photo/Joshua Paul)

Flight 370 Anniversary Rooms of the Lost

This Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015, photo shows one of Patrick Gomes's luggage bags left untouched in his closet in his house outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Gomes, 56, was the in-flight supervisor aboard Malaysian Airlines flight 370 when it disappeared last March. (AP Photo/Joshua Paul)

Flight 370 Anniversary Rooms of the Lost

This Feb. 28, 2015, photo, shows the bedroom of Andrew Nari, 50, in his house outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Nari was the Chief Steward aboard flight 370 when it disappeared March 8, 2014, while flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Nari's wife, Melanie Antonio, 46, says "nothing has changed" in their shared bedroom "besides the new shared wardrobe." (AP Photo/Joshua Paul)

Flight 370 Anniversary Rooms of the Lost

This Monday, March 2, 2015, photo, shows the ironing board and iron of David Tan Size Hiang, 47, a flight attendant aboard MH370 in his house outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Hiangís wife said he used to iron before going to work. (AP Photo/Joshua Paul)

Flight 370 Anniversary Rooms of the Lost

This Monday March 2, 2015, photo shows the master bedroom of David Tan Size Hiang, 47, a flight attendant who was aboard Malaysian Airlines flight 370 when it disappeared last March, in his house outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Hiang's wife, Elaine Chew, 36, says "I have not changed anything except the sheets. Our daughter has slept with us since the day she was born, now its just me and her." (AP Photo/Joshua Paul)

Flight 370 Anniversary Rooms of the Lost

This Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015, photo, shows the handbag and table fan of Foong Wai Yueng, 40, in her house outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Yueng, 40, was a stewardess who was aboard Malaysian Airlines flight 370 when it disappeared last March. (AP Photo/Joshua Paul)

Flight 370 Anniversary Rooms of the Lost

This Monday, March 2, 2015, photo, shows the untouched bathroom of David Tan Size Hiang, 47, a flight attendant aboard the ill-fated flight MH370's in his house outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Hiangís wife, Elaine Chew said she has left the bathroom exactly how it was when he left for work aboard Flight MH370 last year. (AP Photo/Joshua Paul)

Flight 370 Anniversary Rooms of the Lost

This Monday March 2, 2015, photo shows one of David Tan Size Hiang's old luggage bags in his house outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. "I did not move it, so I just continue to stack stuff on top of it", said Hiang's wife, Elaine Chew. Hiang was a flight attendant who was aboard the Malaysian Airlines flight 370 when it disappeared last March, (AP Photo/Joshua Paul)

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Text from the AP news story, Items Flight 370 missing left behind full of meaning for kin, by Joshua Paul. 

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