Grandparents

[eredien]

My grandmother has been in the hospital for a week and they have no idea what's wrong with her but she's not well enough to be discharged.

My grandfather forgot who I was today as I was eating dinner with him. That was hard.

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[rigel.livejournal.com]

**hugs if you want them** My grandmother calls me by my father's name not-infrequently, and occasionally forgets other things which I think of as essential and personal.

[eredien]

It is hard for me to see those essential and personal things going, but on reflection I realized it wasn't hard for him, and that softened the blow somewhat. Names can be forgotten and the love can still be there without them knowing exactly who you are, and that's astonishing.