We’ve all known friends and relatives who, as they age, can no longer remember things. My grandmother called it Old Age Disease and, of course that was before all the fancy-smanchy names came around like Dementia and Alzheimer’s. No matter what you call it, it takes a terrible toll on the victim and caregiver.

The amnesia I’m talking about, though, is the kind found on soap operas.

In yonder days, my mother and sister would watch Days of Our Lives every day at noon. After a while and after so many years watching it, those people got to be like a member of the family.