Complete the following text with these words.
mematian
consumed
Perbuatan
tantrums
Tebahagiaan
happiness
Peralihan
changes
When I
was little, my
(2).
bercelary
benutar
revolved
menjaga
care
reminisce
confused
Tokel
bruise
entrenched
world
(1)
around
Granny. I
felt
in providing
that I was one of the three things that would have her attention daily - the
other two were the television and the rice cooker. She found (3)
me with ice cream, cakes and delicious soup. She took care
of my
nosebleeds, high temperatures, and cuts
It is hard to say what love is - the
and bruises, in addition to my occasional (4)
meaning of love seems to differ from drama to drama serial, but in my world, she is love.
She is 80 years old now, and her strong, determined
gaze is replaced by a timid
, lost expression.
She has moved in with my family. Everyone in the family, including all
the uncles and aunts, helps in her
some things stay the same.
(5)
Despite all the (6)
I still have my ice cream cone, but I am sure to hold on tighter to her than my ice cream cone. She is still
a superwoman to me, as she holds on to her can of Sarsi in her other hand, swallowing big gulps
of the
carbonated fizz to satisfy her (7)
'Where's Daddy?' Granny asks. 'At work. He'll be back this evening, I reply. She nods silently
as I unlock the gate. Her (8)
eyes look at me as if searching for a
(9).
or spotting an unexpected nosebleed. 'Where's Daddy?' she enquires again.
I hold her hand and reply, 'At work.
In the comfort of my room, I (10)
granny - memories of our time together. My memories are (11)
me, but Granny's memories are being (12).
about my childhood with my
deeply within
figment by figment by Alzheimer's.
Anger flushes through me. I ache at the thought of Alzheimer's eroding her memories, along with me in
them.
10
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