How do you explain your memory impairment to young children?

Jan. 28, 2021 (Chapter 12 Navigating Relationships & Chapter 23 Being a Nana in my book)

From what I know, my mild cognitive impairment diagnosis means that I don't have dementia but that my brain doesn't function as well as most people my age. Only a small percentage of mild cognitive impairment patients progress to a form of dementia. I think that there is a higher risk of progressing to dementia within five years of a MCI diagnosis. My MCI has not progressed to dementia after over fifteen years. I also know that everyone's symptoms can be very different. My grandchildren are very young but I plan on sharing things with them as they get older. Nothing too overwhelming, just planting the seeds. Eventually I want them to know that I forget a lot of things. They will need to understand that I forget a lot more than their parents or their other grandparents. I think that I will eventually tell them that there is something wrong with my brain and I can’t fix this problem.