Sahara Ray‘s mom seems to be trying to get close to her late daughter … telling fans she put on one of her little girl’s outfits, broke down in tears — and scrolled through loving posts in her daughter’s honor.

Gretchen Gia Bach shared a pic of her legs and feet to her Instagram story early Wednesday morning … writing she was simply “laying [sic] on top of an Airbnb bed somewhere in L.A. at 1 A.M. wearing Sahara’s clothes and sobbing as I read and repost the love letters and tributes to my first born [sic] daughter.”

She followed up that post with what she must’ve been looking through … sharing a series of sweet photos — both professional and more intimate.

One photo asks for fans and friends to share memories of Sahara so that her daughter, Snow, who was born at a Los Angeles hospital back in January.

We broke the story … Sahara’s family revealed to us she passed away at a hospital on Sunday evening. They have not yet released a cause of death.

Sahara’s sister — Ruby — also posted about her … calling her a”force of nature” whose larger-than-life personality made her impossible to forget.