You just never know when the memory impairment symptoms will affect your life

(Chapter 12 Navigating Relationships While Living with a Memory Impairment in my book)

I thought that I was having a good day. I volunteered for three hours with one of my seniors. Then I came home and I wrapped presents. It wasn’t until later in the day after I arrived at my daughter’s home to enjoy Christmas together, that I realized something was wrong. I was eating some appetizers and I became thirsty. I went into the kitchen and I started looking in the cabinets for a glass. My daughter asked me what I was looking for and I said that I needed a glass. She said that the glasses were on the dining room table. For some reason, I had no clue what to do! I knew where the dining room was and I understood what she said. I just went and sat down without getting a drink. A short time later, my daughter asked me why I didn’t get a glass and I don’t think that I answered her. She asked why I was being weird and I replied that I didn’t know why. Her words were very hurtful but I said nothing to her!

All I can figure out is that there were five adults eating dinner and I saw five glasses on the table. I probably couldn’t figure out where I was going to be sitting so, I didn’t know which glass I could use. I think that I was embarrassed by what my daughter said to me. A short time after she said that to me, I went into the dining room and I just grabbed any glass off the table. I filled it with water and then I sat down.

Why does something so simple for most people have to be so difficult for me? Talk about feeling dumb! My daughter's comment didn't help with those feelings!