When Alicia Vera's mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, the diagnosis left her devastated, anxious and hopeless. 'Va a Llover Toda la Noche' is her attempt to cope.
Mom in Mexico City, a year prior to her Alzheimer's diagnosis. She was already showing symptoms — misplacing things, withdrawing from social activities, changes in her mood and increased memory loss.
There is a term — ambiguous loss — that is used to illustrate the impossible-to-describe situation of the loss of a person who remains here physically but may not be mentally or emotionally present. When my mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2018, her diagnosis left me devastated, anxious and hopeless.
"Va a Llover Toda la Noche," which translates to"It's going to rain all night," is my desperate attempt to cope with her prognosis. In this work, I bridge her past, one I know only via her telling ; our present, which is equally deeply affected; and our future together, the contours of which change with each passing day.