Alzheimer's

Do you know how hard it is to make conversation with someone who has no memory?

These are things you cannot say:

• How was your day?
• I heard your granddaughter is graduating on Saturday.
• Will Joel be coming home for the summer?
  
• Did you have a nice lunch?
• Do they treat you well here?
• Did Emily come see you yesterday?

Things you can say:

• The weather is nice today.
• Look how beautiful that tree is.
• Those children are getting picked up from school.
• You'd better sit in the other chair so you don't get sunburned.
• It is so good to see you again.

My visit to a friend's mother yesterday has put me in a pensive mood. It would seem that our memories more or less make us who we are.