Reminding Love despite Dementia.
"you can miss someone who died.you can miss someone who moved away, But the worst is when you miss someone you see everyday."
“The Notebook” this story tells of a woman who suffers from
Dementia and her husband who reads their story to her to remind her of her
life.
Jack and Phyllis Potter are the real character of the story.
In his early 90s, Jack Potter refuses to let the love of his life slip away
into the solitude of dementia. Jack started keeping a journal when he was a
child, and he kept up the practice his entire life. When Jack met Phyllis on
October 4, 1941, the pages of his diary captured their romance. Jack liked
Phyllis from the moment he met her, describing in his diary, “Vey nice evening.
Danced with a very nice girl. Hope I meet her again.” The two were married.
They lived in Kent, England for over half a century. Eventually Phyllis’s
Dementia (a mental illness one cannot remember anything of the past) took a
deep hold on her life and it was too much for Jack to handle on his own. She
had to move into a nursing home.
However, it didn’t discourage Jack. He visited her every
day. And every day, he reads to her from his diaries. He reminds her of their
family and pets with Photographs. Through everything, Phyllis has not forgotten
how much she loves Jack. She’s always overjoyed when he arrives to see her.
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