How Does She Do It? – From Bill and Laura Smutny

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Laura is in one of our Memory Loss Collaborative support groups and Bill attends the support group for care partners. They are writing a blog, which has enriched the understanding of many of us.

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How Does She Do It?

Laura and I were talking and all of a sudden, she went blank. She sort of had the deer-in-the-headlights look on her face.  I gave her time to think and suddenly she just dropped her head to her chest and said, “I give up. I don’t remember what I was trying to think of.”

“That’s okay, honey; we can get back to that.  But, what’s it like?” I quietly asked.  “Do you just see a black hole, or do you see something, anything, when you are trying to think of a word?”

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