NICK
I am sitting next to my mother and she's wide awake and aware of everything around her. But it is very clear to me that she has no recollection of anything that happened these past few years. How is it possible that someone can lose years like that?
Does this mean that she can not remember that I am staying with her and that I spoke to her? I remember there were times that she would at least say yes or hello. How is it possible that she does not know anything?
"Mom, do you not know that I am staying with you?"
She frowns again and then looks at her fingers that she is fiddling with. It is clear that she is trying to remember something.
"You are living with me? I thought you went to college?"
I can not help a shot of shock shoots through my body. She has lost all the years since after I finished school?
"Mom, I went to school years ago. I am in a Navy Seal now"
I see her face lit up with joy and pride.
