This is a little off topic but there are times when you need to vent. I think I've explained that my mom has dementia. It is an ugly awful decease that I hate. I watch my mom fade away a little more every day. Her dementia is different than the classic case. Does it effect her memory? Yes. Yet she knows who I am. I get a lot of I don't know and have learned that she doesn't always understand what we're saying and I have to make sure I use words she can understand.

Being a writer helps right now because I know all about word choice. It just breaks my heart to see her this way.