After many tests it was clear, grandma Betty was diagnosed with dementia. Matt and his mother Jane were shocked when the doctor revealed the diagnosis. The treatment was going to slow the condition, but with time, things will get worse.
Months passed. Betty was staying in her daughter’s home. On the morning, Matt found his mother wiping the floor of the kitchen. Betty moved things around during the night once again.
When he returned from school, the house was quiet. Jane was still at work, and Matt was hearing his grandma’s footsteps coming from upstairs.
When Betty saw Matt, she called her husband’s name, George to Matt, and hugged to her.
“No, Grandma. It’s me—Matt, your grandson.”
But Betty didn’t believe what he was saying. She told him that they were too young to have children. She then told him that a woman was keep moving the dishes.
Matt tried to correct her, but it was not working. Betty was looking confused. She was scared. She then asked when will George take her to the sea, as he promised her.
Then Jane came back home, and calmed his mother down. Then she told her son that he is looking just like her late father. The carbon copy. She showed few pictures of her late father, from his youth, and Matt couldn’t believe. He felt as if he was looking at a mirror.
Months passed once again. Betty’s condition was getting worse. She was barely speaking, and when she does, the only thing she would say was “George.”
On the next day, Matt decided to take his grandmother to the sea. He prepared a lunch for them to eat by the sea. As their food was over, Betty tried to hug her grandson and said, “Thank you Matt, I’ve remembered during the dinner. Please take me back to home now.”
As Matt went emotional, he took his grandmother back to their house.
Three days later, when the morning arrived, Matt entered his grandmother’s room. She would call him George and smile normally, but her eyes were closed, and never opened once again.
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