Third year Day 148 - Saturday May 10, 2014

Today Bridgett suddenly remembered the movie "Pete's Dragon" and started telling me things and asking a few questions.  For instance, isn't it Pete's dragon that flies to rescue that lady's boy friend?  What's the dragon's name.  I didn't tell her right off and had her think about it and then she remembered Elliott.  Usually if I don't give her the answer and she takes a bit to think about it, she remembers the answer.  Sometimes I may have to give her the first letter of something and then she remembers the name of it or whatever.  Overall she remembers words and names pretty well.  People from the past...not so much.  Their names, yes. But actual incidents, no.  That is not many of those incidents, but more and more all of the time.  I remember talking on the phone to one of the corporate people with Bridgett's health insurance.  The lady said that her sister was 16 years old, crossing the highway on foot in the fog, and struck by a semi.  She said that her sister has never remembered anything before the accident, and it is now 20 years later.  She said the sad thing is that their mother died a couple of years before the accident, and so she doesn't remember anything about her mother.  She said that when they all get together, the sister gets mad if they talk about the past, because she doesn't remember anything about it.  Actually, I think that has helped Bridgett, to talk about stories from the past.  Maybe if that girl's mother had been alive, she would have helped her remember things, but who knows.  I'm just glad that Bridgett is remembering things, even if it is slowly.....