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When illness simplifies love by erasing history

My mother has dementia and some days she remembers me with such pure love that I almost prefer her confusion to the complicated relationship we had when she was well.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Sometimes cognitive loss strips away years of accumulated hurt, leaving only the essential tenderness we always sought.

Ideas that help explain it
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