Go on. Do it. @camillekirsten

My mother is visiting her older sister, newly diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. She lives many states away and I can’t be there with them this week, although I wish I were if only for my mom. She’s been adamant that I need to see my aunt soon. That time is of the essence.

It’s near impossible to imagine the slow-fast unlearning of everything someone knows about you. The at first unwilling, then gradually unknowing release of shared memories. Till those left behind are the only keepers.