In the delightfully funny off-Broadway play "Nunsense", one of the main characters is Sister Mary Amnesia who arrives at the Convent in her "habit" without a clue to her identity, remembering only that a large Crucifix had fallen on her head. The Reverend Mother in the play once states about Sister Mary that "she is a good building but, unfortunately, nobody is at home." Toward the end of the play, Sister Mary, while singing, remembers her name and her identity and further discovers that she has won the READER''S DIGEST Sweepstakes.

To lose one''s memory and identity is a tragic experience. Memory is that mental faculty which connects us to the past, the present, and the future.

Annually in this country we celebrate and observe Memorial Day. We have public and private rituals that will h…