meghan nunez. >> every day, i cross the street and we meet again. >> what is your name? meghan. >> reporter: meet again. every dayer for three years now. gene has been meeting meghan for what he thinks to be the very first time. >> my name is gene. >> mr. gene. >> yeah. >> who shall? >> reporter: gene has severe dementia. he can hardly remember his own face and his daughter said he suffered from loneliness until the daycare kids came in to his life. >> hey, mr. gene. >> on oh, my goodness, they have been such a blessing to daddy and he lights up. >> reporter: for an hour every afternoon, gene and the kids bask in each other's country, and even though the night will erase every memory of the day, something will remain in the recesses of his mind. something will beckon him back whenever he hears the children playing. >> he just goes right to the front yard. >> reporter: and remembers that it will be a zjoyful thing if h goes outside. which is kind of inexplicable. >> because it's love and everyone responds to love. >> reporter: meghan said it's like an instinct. >> i'm gen