This year for Christmas, I bought a book called "Conversations with my Mother". The book is written as a guide to gather stories and history about the life of a mother. My dad was diagnosed with Alzheimer's 4 years ago and I have slowly watched him lose the ability to remember. My mom, on the other hand, can easily access memories of her childhood that I wanted to capture for myself and for subsequent generations.
I showed my mom ( who is 87 years young) on Christmas and she looked through the book with doubt and hesitation but as she read the chapter titles she would tell little gems of stories that she has never told me. It was soon clear that the book would not be enough space to write all the wonderful stories I was hearing and so I will use this place to record "the rest of the story..."
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