We arrived in Lubbock a short time ago and have checked into our hotel. For the first time, Kate is feeling a good bit of pressure concerning the names of our son and his family. As I have mentioned quite a few times, she often has difficulty remembering their names along with those of daughter and her family as well as virtually all of our friends. She has often practiced them with me. She does this even at times when we are not apt to be seeing those whose names she is trying to remember. Since leaving Knoxville yesterday, she has asked me to tell her the names of our son, Kevin, and his family a number of times. The difference this time is that she is really concerned. I asked if she might find it helpful if I showed her some pictures I have on my iPad. She said that might help. I brought up some pictures taken at Christmas. I quickly discovered that this was too overwhelming and stopped. She said, “You’re just going to have to help me with this.” I assured her that I would help her and that she would be all right. I told her that she would remember them as soon as she saw them. She was skeptical. Then she asked me to tell her my last name.
Our son is flying in from Chicago where he attended a professional meeting. His plane is scheduled to arrived in 45 minutes. In the meantime, I have spoken with our grandson, Brian, who returned home from his freshman year at TCU. We are all going to meet at Panera and then choose a place for dinner. The rest of the family will be attending a banquet for the band. This may be a good thing. Instead of trying to remember all five of them together at one time, she will just have two.
It would not be surprising for you to know that she also can’t remember where we are (Nashville this morning and now Lubbock). After all, that is nearly impossible when we are in Knoxville. It really is impossible when we are out of town.
