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Revisiting Love and Lapses: A Conversation with Code Switch host B.A. Parker

2022/12/16
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B.A. Parker: 我担心自己和父母亲人逐渐忘记彼此,并尝试通过录音记录来保存与他们的联系。我爱的人们因为患有老年痴呆症而变得面目全非,这让我感到不安。我父亲被诊断出患有血管性痴呆症,这导致他逐渐忘记了我。我开始录音是为了记录我父亲的记忆,并试图与他保持联系,即使他记不起我了。当我父亲的记忆力衰退时,我开始编造新的故事来和他互动,试图维持我们的联系。我无法接受我父亲记不起我的事实,也无法接受他不会认识我未来成为的样子。我祖母仍然记得我,这让我坚持与她保持联系。我为祖母买了一个日记本,希望她能记录下事情,但发现她把记录写在账单背面。我祖母在账单背面记录下我们的通话内容,试图记住我,这让我感到心碎,但也让我能够放下过去,成为照顾她的人。通过分享共同的回忆,我和祖母保持着联系。播放我父亲喜欢的音乐,有时能让他短暂地恢复记忆,并认出我。录音记录了我父亲和祖母珍贵的回忆,即使他们已经去世,这些录音仍然弥足珍贵。听录音与看照片相比,能更真切地感受到亲人的存在,仿佛他们就在身边。通过与祖母的随意谈话,我了解到她对忘记事情的恐惧,这让我更加珍惜与她的时间。祖母对忘记事情的恐惧让我意识到,我所能做的就是陪伴她,给她安慰。这个故事让我直面自己对老年痴呆症的恐惧,并开始思考未来。即使父亲神志不清,他仍然为我的成就感到骄傲,这让我很感动。 Kia Myakonitis: 与亲人之间细致入微的关心,体现了一种独特的爱。 Yo-Ae Shaw: 在亲人健在的时候,就应该记录下他们的声音和故事。失去父母或祖父母,不仅是失去他们,也是失去那种独一无二的爱。祖母为我盖被子的举动,让我意识到那种无私的爱是多么珍贵。

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This chapter recounts B.A. Parker's experience with her father and grandmother's dementia. It explores the emotional toll of watching loved ones lose their memories and her efforts to preserve their connection through recordings and storytelling. The chapter highlights the importance of capturing memories before they are lost.
  • B.A. Parker's father was diagnosed with vascular dementia.
  • Her grandmother experienced memory loss.
  • Parker recorded conversations with them to preserve their memories.
  • The recordings became a source of comfort after their deaths.

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Sometimes the holidays are filled with the people you love. Other times, they're marked by an absence. In this special holiday episode, new Code Switch co-host and former Invisibilia producer B.A. Parker tells a story about family, loss and preserving memories before it's too late. Then Parker joins Kia and Yowei to reflect on the making of this story, and what it means to her now.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices)NPR Privacy Policy)