So what would you think about this if you found it? This is a daily occurrence in my household! I don’t know where the misfire of brain cells happens but sometimes all is well and sometimes I find LOTS of random things in weird places. I have NO idea where the playing cards are. I also have no idea why the Long John Silvers Vinegar is in the card box. I don’t know why the lid to the pot was in the dog food bin, nor do I know why my shoe inserts were in the buffet in the dining room. I don’t know why EVERY PEN we ever had ended up in a box next to the kitchen table or why the scissors go missing ( all 4 pairs) and end up in a secret ( not so secret now that I know where to start looking). There are hundreds of stories like this. I am sure you have some too if you have a parent with alzheimers. Feel free to share them here!
HI Debbie,
I just picked up on your blog via the WordPress reader and linked to you from my dementia-related site (www.dementiapoetry.com).
God only knows how this sort of thing ends up happening! We have just discovered a problem with MIL’s fridge – storing up food until it goes mouldy, and just keeping adding to the pile every time she goes shopping. She doesn’t see or smell the rotting food at all. I don’t even pretent to understand how that works, as in other areas she is still relatively “with it”.
Look forward to reading more of your writings in the future…
DG x