Thought Provoking

Mother - Monologue

A story about an older woman suffering the effects of dementia, and the granddaughter who finds her, after "Rose" escapes the nursing home where she now lives.

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Partial Transcript:

Rose:

‘Oh… Hello… Um… This seat is taken… sorry.

’‘Well… I guess my… friend… can pull up another chair when she gets here.

’‘Oh… I don’t think you need to move that close to me… but you do..? Obviously.’

‘I’ll just find another table shall I?…’

‘Oh… Ok… I’ll just sit here then…’

‘Waitress… Oh waitress?…’

‘What?… I’m sorry, did you just say that the waitress is your wife?…’

‘Oh… she’s ‘alright. Yes I can see why you’d think that…’

‘Well then… it’s been… real, but I had better get going I think, it doesn’t look like my friend is going to get here in time… so I think I’ll...’

‘Just stay here?'

'You took the words right out of my mouth.’

‘So… my name’s Rose… what’s yours?’