Odd

[poliphilo]

She reaches for her pill box and starts rootling through it.

I remove it gently. "You've had your pills for this morning," I say.

She puts on a spoiled little girl voice and says, "But I want more!"

Then laughs.

Her memory is almost entirely shot to pieces but at times her reactions are still quick and funny. Isn't that odd!

Comments

[xiphias.livejournal.com]

Intelligence and wit just don't seem connected to memory. Sure, having more understanding of what's going on helps you come up with clever bon mots, but even without it, the mind's still there.

I've heard of cases where a parent and a child had had a hugely troubled interaction throughout their life. Then the parent's memories started going, and he or she forgot about all the trouble they'd had, and the child was able to let it go, and the child got to see the parent's actual personality, and started actually LIKING their parent for the first time. At least during those times when the parent didn't know who they were.

Weird, right?

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I don't know about weird, but it puts things in perspective. The things we fall out over are rarely very important.