Memory, it's the little things in life you've got to be thankful for. This is the story of a girl, only now entering her prime, but she can't even remember the things she did 5 minutes ago without keeping a record. She reads a book, can't really tell you what it's about. She'll be in the middle of a conversation and forget what the topic even is, and everyone is still discussing it. She has to have a set schedule, a daily routine, just so she remembers to do everything. She gets up at 5 every morning to begin the housework, checking off things on a list as she goes. When she talks her mind doesn't work as fast as she's talking, so words become jumbled, or she skips words, and sometimes when all that happens, she gets so frustrated she stammers. She seems normal on the outside, she does well to conceal it from strangers. But those who know her best, pray for her as her memory keeps detiorating. It's hard for those around her, because she has to be taken everywhere. Sometimes when she's having a good day she can venture out on her own, but most the time she has a second shadow. She forgets the speed limits, or goes into a daze and drives off the road if she's having a bad day. Doctor's have no idea what's causing her neurological system to be failing at such a young age. There's speculations, but no answers. She wouldn't wish this on anyone, especially as she sits here typing it, she loses her train of thought. Cherish, those times when you're happy, scared, angry, even sad, because those memories make who you are, and it's a scary fact to face that when I wake up one day, I might not even know who I'm sleeping next to, or where I'm at. My life is like a constant dream-like-state, sometimes I don't even remember if something really happened or if it was just my imagination. I guess in some circumstances, I can really say I'm losing my mind...
Taylor Ivy