Awakening Dreams - Memories

A short commentary on the memory loss of one's mother. Reading of the poem "Memories". Today, I go through my mom's memories. I go through her pictures. I go through her life's stories. I find her in the past. The memories she has forgotten. The ones from long ago. That lingers in the glimpse of her life.

Transcript

Memories.

Why do we forget them?

What causes us to forget?

How do we comfort a loved one who has dementia?

One of my favorite quotes is from Henry David Thoreau.

What lies before us and what lies behind us are small matters compared to what lies within us.

What does lie within us with memory loss?

I don't have any answers.

I just have so many questions.

I guess I'm trying to make sense of memory loss.

I'm at the stage in my life where many of my friends and families are dealing with loved ones with dementia.

It saddens me to see such beautiful people with beautiful lives lose their history.

The poem for this week is Memories,

Dedicated to my mom.

Memories.

Today I go through my mom's memories.

I go through her pictures.

I go through her life stories.

I find her in the past.

The memories she has forgotten.

The ones from long ago that linger in the glimpse of her life.

Today I go through my mom's memories.

The ones she has tucked away.

The ones her stroke cheated from her.

The painful memories erased.

What can I do to make your life easier?

What can I say to erase your traumas?

Do I ignore when you forget?

Do I keep your sadness in my heart?

Today I go through my mom's memories.

The disappointments she kept close to her heart.

The wanting to be loved yet feeling abandoned.

The simple dreams she was deterred from.

The disappointments fade.

The abandonment fades.

The sadness lingers.

Today I go through my mom's memories and merge my memories with hers.

Feeling the sadness,

The disappointments.

Wishing the sadness to fade.

I love you mom.

Many blessings.

Reviews

I can relate with my mom. Heartfelt. Thank you.