Wondering

As I thought about my extended phone conversation with Mom, I started wondering about her memory/cognition. Some of her glitches are easily dismissed, like forgetting what she wanted to say next. We all do that, don't we? And then in the course of the conversation, it would come back to her and she would say what she wanted to say. Not a concern.

But then when I asked her what they did to celebrate New Year's/Anniversary, she couldn't remember what she did that day. Which seemed odd to me, because those are memorable days, not like forgetting what you did last Tuesday. I realize Mom and Dad are low key and didn't paint the town red or anything, but it seems like a significant day one would remember.

And in talking about her stocking gifts, Mom was mystified as to when we had stuffed their stockings. Of course, I reminded her that Santa fills stockings. (Mom has a long-standing aversion to Santa Claus. I don't know why.) Then I admitted that we filled them when we popped by Christmas Eve. She didn't remember us being at her house Christmas Eve. I sat in the kitchen and visited with her that night, Dave was watching something on t.v. with the crew, and the children were playing with cousins. We gave Dad his birthday gift, some sweats which he wore the next day. Really, we are pretty hard to miss.

It just makes me wonder. And watch.