My dear old mom lives in Washington D.C. with my youngest sister there. My mom is 88 years old and dealing with Alzheimer's. My sisters and I joke with each other that someday we will probably each end up with Alzheimer's ourselves. From the time my mom wakes up in the morning, every day is a new day. She typically does not remember anything from the day before. It takes a really strong impression of some kind before she can imprint it into her short term memory, which her Alzheimer's has pretty much destroyed.
She remembers my sister and me, but not much about any of our other relatives. I call them on the phone periodically from the West Coast where I live and work.
When I called my dear old mom this morning, she though it was the weekend already because I normally call on weekend mornings. I told her that it was Wednesday today, and she was quite surprised. Anyhoo, you need to understand that about her to appreciate the rest of this story.
Politically my mom is GOP. She naturalized in the USA when Ike was running for POTUS and she loved Ike. She has been GOP ever since. My sisters are GOP too. My mom rubbed off on them. I am nonpartisan/independent. I have voted for both major parties and occasionally a 3rd party candidate too.
So in the course of our conversation I asked her if she had been watching the news lately, and she said yes, but she can't remember what has been on the tv.
I asked her if she knew there were two candidates for POTUS and she said vaguely.
I asked her if she knew who they were. She asked me for a hint. We play these games on the phone all the time when I call her. She likes these games. When her memory then kicks in from the hints, it gives her a burst of remembrance and she enjoys that.
So I hinted that one of them was a woman running for POTUS. Then it dawned on her and she said yes, she knows that lady from somewhere. I mentioned that the lady was the wife of a former president from 20 years ago. That did not ring a bell for her though. She said the lady seems nice on tv, just bossy.
Then in the game of hints that we play on the phone, I asked her if she remembers who the nice bossy lady is running against?
And she said, "Oh yah, that blonde haired idiot!"
She remembers my sister and me, but not much about any of our other relatives. I call them on the phone periodically from the West Coast where I live and work.
When I called my dear old mom this morning, she though it was the weekend already because I normally call on weekend mornings. I told her that it was Wednesday today, and she was quite surprised. Anyhoo, you need to understand that about her to appreciate the rest of this story.
Politically my mom is GOP. She naturalized in the USA when Ike was running for POTUS and she loved Ike. She has been GOP ever since. My sisters are GOP too. My mom rubbed off on them. I am nonpartisan/independent. I have voted for both major parties and occasionally a 3rd party candidate too.
So in the course of our conversation I asked her if she had been watching the news lately, and she said yes, but she can't remember what has been on the tv.
I asked her if she knew there were two candidates for POTUS and she said vaguely.
I asked her if she knew who they were. She asked me for a hint. We play these games on the phone all the time when I call her. She likes these games. When her memory then kicks in from the hints, it gives her a burst of remembrance and she enjoys that.
So I hinted that one of them was a woman running for POTUS. Then it dawned on her and she said yes, she knows that lady from somewhere. I mentioned that the lady was the wife of a former president from 20 years ago. That did not ring a bell for her though. She said the lady seems nice on tv, just bossy.
Then in the game of hints that we play on the phone, I asked her if she remembers who the nice bossy lady is running against?
And she said, "Oh yah, that blonde haired idiot!"
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