A TRAGICOMEDY
My mom just moved into Memory Care. She’s 58. I don’t use the word Alzheimer’s, I say “dementia.” Less scary, right?
But as I stand in front of the locked doors to Memory Care, I realize I’m running out of time… every moment I spend with my mom from this point forward is shrouded in neuron death, and I can’t escape the fact that she exists only in one minute increments of time. I need her to know that she will be okay, that I will be okay- but how can I comfort someone who doesn’t remember why she’s crying?
I try to take deep breaths, and to sleep, but the only thing that lifts me out of this dimension is Xanax. But Xanax can also cause dementia… which I may already be genetically predisposed to… which is probably why my doctor keeps calling… but I just… I really need to sleep…
I’LL BE WITH YOU IN A MINUTE runs 75 minutes with no intermission.
Half of all ticket sales will be donated to Hilarity for Charity, Seth and Lauren Miller Rogan’s Alzheimer’s charity.
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