Excerpt from “Indelible” (memoir in progress):
I went with Jim to see our family doctor about his memory problems.
“Tell me what kind of problems you’re
having,” the doctor said.
“I go to the garage and can’t remember why I’ve gone
there,” Jim said.
The doctor
smiled at him and said, “At least you remember that you’re forgetting. That’s a
good sign.”
Jim was having trouble remembering
where he put a lot of things. Sometimes he was looking for items that weren’t
even kept in the garage.
It wasn’t long before Jim’s language
skills began to slip away. “Right here, but I can’t find it!” he would say to
me in a frustrated tone.
“What are you looking for?” I would
ask.
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