The Interview: 101 questions to help your parent laugh, love & live with dementia

Every night before my mom falls asleep, I sit in a rocking chair by her bed, and we talk. She likes to hear the sound of my voice as she drifts off to sleep, and I like to try and keep her awake with questions. We talk honestly and quietly until the sleeping pills kick in and she finds a few hours of relief.

One night, I asked the one question I had been too afraid to ask since she was diagnosed with dementia.

“Mom, what are you most afraid of forgetting?”

“Who I am,” she says.

The next day, I started this book.