Hindi pa rin nakakalimutang mag-“I love you” sa anak ng veteran actress na si Caridad Sanchez. Ayon kay Cathy Babao, anak ng beteranang aktres, pinigil niya ang pag-iyak nang mag-I love you sa kanya ang inang dumaranas ng dementia habang nagla-lunch sila.

Na-touch at naiyak ang netizens nang ibahagi ito ni Cathy sa kanyang Instagram post. Ramdam nila ang pangungulila ng anak na hindi na ang dating masayahing Caridad Sanchez ang nakakasama niya simula nung ma-diagnose itong may dementia.

Ani Cathy, naging usapan nila ng kanyang ina kamakailan lang bago sila magtanghalian na medyo kakaiba raw ang ibinigay na pagbati nito sa kanya nung araw na yon.

Nauna nang ibinalita ni Cathy na may dementia ang kanyang nanay kaya naman medyo na-shock siya sa mga sinabi sa kanya ni Mommy Caring.

Nag-post din si Cathy ng litrato nila ng award-winning veteran actress kung saan ikinuwento nga niya ang nangyari nang Linggong iyon na hindi raw talaga niya inaasahan.

“Mom gave me an unusual welcome today before our usual Sunday lunch. When we arrived, she pulled me close and hugged me very tight," lahad niya.

 "Afterwards, then she grabbed me by my right arm and pinched me so hard. What a grip! Although it hurt so much, I took it as her expression of joy over seeing us today.

“Sometimes mom thinks we are sisters, or that I’m her best friend. Occasionally, I’m still her daughter and she will call me by my childhood nickname, Kate,” pagbabahagi pa ng anak ni Mommy Caring.

“I’ve always said that in the dementia journey, it is only the mind that malfunctions but never the heart. Today over lunch, as I sometimes do, to help jog her memory, I asked her who I was in relation to her, wondering if today I would be daughter, sister, or BFF. ‘What are we? Who am I to you?’” lahad pa niya.

Sa puntong ito, hindi pa rin nakakalimutan nitong mag-“I love you” sa anak.

“I got so choked up. It was an answer that I did not expect. I held back my tears and said, ‘I love you too, mom.’

“The journey of loving and caring for a parent or a loved one with dementia is never easy. There’s a reason why it’s called the long goodbye. I believe that God in His infinite wisdom and goodness, grants us grace filled moments to soothe the heart to help us carry on. #caringchronicles #dementia #dementiaawareness,” ang kabuuan ng kuwento ng anak ni Mommy Caring.