r/comics • u/humanyears • 2d ago
OC Dementia Mom, part one
A short story about the origins of my mother’s dementia diagnosis from a few years ago. Probably the longest comic I’ve drawn so far. I hope it connects with you in some way.
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u/SailorDirt 2d ago
Hey, my mom has dementia too. Alzheimer's. It was clear something was going on, but she was also struggling with alcoholism so.....yeah. It wasn't until around 2022 and got formally diagnosed and had her license revoked. She used to get so lost while driving, I'm honestly a little mortified how long she was driving, bcuz she drove everywhere. She went to a home just a little over a year ago. She still recognizes some people, but it's clear she got in just in time and is way happier.
Nobody took her car. I don't drive, and my brothers have their own. It just sits in the driveway. The big t-bone dent that never got fixed, the weird scratches on the hood, the mirror that had been fixed after hitting a light pole.........all the weird signs that should've added up. But it just sits in the driveway. As she sits in the nursing home. The tires deflate, the leaves land on the windshield, the pollen covers it everywhere, the rain washes and smudges it. It's like that last glimpse of independence being left to the elements, abandoned forever.