while I'm visiting my parents, I decided to get them something.
Posted by
Mop🧹 (aka rburriel)
Nov 29 '24, 14:39
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My dad won't care but hopefully my mom enjoys it. I got them a map of the world, along with a corkboard and some colored pushpins. Then I mounted it all in their apartment at the assisted living facility.
I don't know if it's from a very brief education as a child or because she's starting to forget things, but when I asked her to find some places on the map, she struggled a lot. At first, she wasn't even sure what city *we were in right now*. But with some prodding, she starts making connections. So I asked her if she'd ever traveled anywhere, and she would say she hadn't, then I'd ask her about places I knew she'd been, and she'd start remembering. I only wish my brother bothered to engage with her like this when I'm not around. It can only help.
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