“Where is my coffee?”
“It’s right there in front of you, dear.”
“Ah. Yes. So it is!” He lifted it to his lips and for a moment I could again see what he’d looked like as a little boy. “Oh, this is good. What is it again?”
“It’s coffee, dear. Just as you like it.”
“With plenty of cream and– and–” He scowled. It was the words that bothered him. He seemed fine with the other things. Faces, names, places. But losing words always upset him.
“Sugar, dear. Plenty of cream and sugar.”
“Sugar. I remember. Yes, sugar.” He smiled.
What a marvelous take on the prompt. Authentic and poignant.
Dear Josh,
This touches me where we live. My mother in law has faded from us. Well written as I’ve come to expect.
Shalom,
Rochelle
Thanks, Rochelle. :-)
Poignant
Heartaching. Life’s realities!
Such a sad and frustrating time for all involved. Neatly understated, nicely done.
Heartbreaking, yet full of love. Wonderful story.
Aw… Yes, it would be tough to lose your words. How awful! Great story.
My Mom is slowly declining from Dementia but this fellow seems more like he has an acquired brain injury.
How very sad. Nicely told.
Sweetly sad. This must have been a wonderful marriage. Or whatever the relationship was :)
Very astute of you, Granonine. The caring partner’s gender is carefully unspecified.
That’s a very moving story of true, enduring love. You tell us a great deal in those 100 words. Kudos!
One can only hope there will someday be a cure for this kind of fading away.
Lovely, moving yet sad. It must be difficult to see someone slowly slip away, and frightening for the person affected.
Just so simply written, but conveys so much about their lives together and his current state of health. Beautifully done Josh
Thanks!
So very touching and well written. the line “I could again see what he’d looked like as a little boy” left me thinking this was something more then dementia, a child that had suffered a brain injury.
I imagine such a scenario would leave a hole in your heart.
Something that concerns a lot of us.
DJ
Yours kinda goes with mine this week, Josh.
Beautifully told.
Very sensitively written.
Heartbreaking because it is so true. Very realistic portrayal. Beautiful
I could relate. Very realistic, and painful. Yet expressed so beautifully.
Sadly I’ve seen this happen to people I cared about. Moving and poignant.
Heart wrenching when we see closed ones struggle. very poignant post