How Living in the Moment Softens the Pain of Lost Memories

Alzheimer’s can take away so much, but we can find hope in small moments.

The memories still hung like strands of gossamer, but for how long?

I don’t know the exact day and time when she took the first step to leave.

Too many other distractions and family drama clouded the scene. Most days, I try not to dwell on the last years of my mother’s life. Her slow walk with Alzheimer’s brought out the best and the worst in her and in myself.

Why would I ever want to read more about the disease that robbed my mother of her memories and her life? Not only that but a story about a family that sounded vaguely similar to my own.

Reluctantly, I began reading.

I found myself in the pages. The dutiful daughter patiently caring for her mother. The agitated sibling resenting the burden and loss of my life.

Brooke lays out all the emotions that swirl uncontrolled when an individual, a family, comes face-to-face with their personal and collective anguish.

Nothing prepares you for the helplessness you feel for the one you love and yourself. In Catchlight, I saw for the first time, all the emotions, shame, guilt, and love that seemed to swallow me up until I could only see this day, this moment.

My mother slipped away quietly leaving behind a sadness that has no words.

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