AN ENIGMATIC AND POIGNANT JOURNEY AROUND MY AGEING AND EVOLVING MOTHER! PART 139.

Which also probably is further confirmation that she is not always comprehending what is being said or said to her. This can be deduced from the manner in which I saw her examining her bedside lamp, recently. My dear mother takes up the lamp and help it in her hand, keenly scrutinising it as she turns it in her hand. The impression I, and doubtlessly others would, got from her close examination of the lamb is that it is the first time she is seeing. Thus her noticeable curiosity. However, that is far from being the case, as my mother has had this lamp on her little bedside chest of drawers for atleast 2 years now. Seemingly, she has forgotten this fact, and is now looking at the lamp, not only as if she has never seen it before, but as if she does not understand how and why it functions. She has also taken to recalling that her eldest daughter has been asking her to look after her children. Something which could make sense, except t...