Carers

[poliphilo]

"Who was that?" asked my mother as the carers were leaving.

"Your carers," I said.

"My parents?" she asked.

"Yes, I said, joshing her, "Your parents came calling."

Then I felt bad because perhaps she really did think- for a moment- that it was possible for her parents to have paid her a visit.

Comments

[cmcmck]

Memory, especially damaged memory, can do strange things.

[poliphilo]

The older the memory the more secure it is. I think she remembers her childhood; I don't think she remembers very much else.

[cmcmck]

Yeah, his old aunt (she was 96) remembered stuff way back but nothing from more recent times.

[poliphilo]

My mother will be 96 in just over a month.