Alzheimer’s patient’s heart doesn’t forget a mother’s day tradition

黃召平

Our mind may forget things as we get older， but there are some things that our heart will never forget.

Three years ago， Melvyn was diagnosed with Alzheimers（癡呆癥）. Since then he doesnt always remember little things that he used to be able to easily recall， like whether he proposed （求婚） to his wife， Doris， or if she proposed to him.

The day before Mothers Day， Melvyn went missing， which isnt uncommon in Alzheimers patients. Some people with Alzheimers may set out to go on a walk and then forget how to get back home and end up walking aimlessly.

Doris called the police when she realized her husband was gone. He usually needs help to do any walking at all so she was worried he could hurt himself.

Two policemen found Melvyn three kilometres from his house. When they asked him where he was going， he said he was going to buy flowers for Doris for Mothers Day， just like he had done every year since their first child was born.

Even though Melvyn couldnt remember his address or even where he started walking， he knew he had to get some flowers for his wife.

Rather than driving him home right away， the policemen gave him a lift to the flower store and even paid for the flowers.

“When I saw him walking up with those flowers in hand， it just about broke my heart because I thought ‘Oh he went there to get me flowers because he loves me.” Doris said to the policemen when they dropped Melvyn at home.

“Its special， because even though the mind doesnt remember everything， the heart remembers.”

閱讀選擇

1. The underlined （下劃線） word most probably means .

A. 診斷 B. 住院 C. 看病

2. What happened to Melvyn the day before Mothers Day？

A. He went to hospital.

B. He went home.

C. He went missing.

3. The policemen did the following for Melvyn except .

A. giving him a lift to the flower store

B. driving him home

C. giving him some money

答案：1. A 2. C 3. C