Another original from me this week.
I had already written my favourite song of mine about food, (follow the link to hear it). Curiously enough that was submitted to SOTU 68!
So, this week I was struggling to come up with an idea. But then my recent experiences with memory problems led me to wake up this morning with the line "It's eating up my memory…." on my brain. I came up with the entire chorus while lying in bed at 05:00 - not wishing to disturb Carmen by getting up to write it down. Eventually, I dropped off to sleep again, hoping I would remember it in the morning. Luckily , I did. Then I got up and wrote the verses.
I watched Carmen's Dad go into decline with Alzheimer's, though it took it five years to eventually kill him and then I watched her Maternal Uncle go from his cheery normal self to full blown Alzheimer's in a matter of months. I suppose it was a blessing that he died of it within 6 months.
So, my memory issues have me concerned, but not yet as terrified as my narrator.
