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Yellow Bird: Mothers' distant memories still strong
Monday, May 10, 2004
"My mother, who is 87, has a path from her bedroom to a chair, which sits beside a huge table filled with papers and condiments. The table nearly fills her small living room in senior housing at White Shield, N.D. From there she can see the television and anyone coming through the door. In spite of the doctors stern-faced warnings about her health, she has rallied. A few weeks ago, she sat with the family at a dinner, laughing and participating in our teasing conversations. We were pleased.
My other mother (my aunt), who is 81, takes setbacks to her health in stride and hasn't lost her sense of humor. But her memory, like my mother's, is most accurate when she recalls events of the distant past. Sometimes my mothers don't remember if they've eaten dinner."
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