The well-loved veteran actress Caridad Sanchez is going through dementia or memory loss, according to her daughter Cathy Babao. Mommy Karing as she fondly called by her colleagues in the entertainment industry just turned 87 last August 2020.
Mommy Karing has appeared in a number of movies acting side by side with the best like Sharon Cuneta, Vilma Santos and a lot more.
According the World Health Organization, Dementia is a syndrome in which there is deterioration in memory, thinking, behaviour and the ability to perform everyday activities.
On her Instagram account, Cathy shared the following:
“Once upon a time, shortly after I had graduated from college, I asked her what her dream role was. “You know, ang gusto ko talagang role na I portray yung bang matanda na malilimutin na pero pa minsan minsan may moment na nakaka-alala pa sya. Kahit Walang bayad, gagawin ko iyang role na iyan.” (My dream role is to portray a woman who is very forgetful already, but once in a while, there are windows, where her old self appears. I’ll do the role even with no pay.)
The ironies of life. One must really be careful of what one wishes for. At this point I don’t know whether I should be grateful that she’s now unknowingly, portraying the dream role she had hoped for many years ago. Perhaps it will help in the coping, if I reframe things this way. Should I think of it as an answered prayer?
My mother is fading. Day by day, week by week. It is the most difficult challenge of my adult life, next to losing my son. Anticipatory grief. This is what this is all over again. With my son, we had two whole weeks to fight, to hope, to pray that he would get better. And when he did not, we had a few days to accept and to surrender. To read the full entry, please click link in my bio. #dementia #alzheimer.”
(Photo source: Instagram – @cathybabao)
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