Let me tell you what is hard … It is hard to watch your
mother stand outside of the elevator hitting the arrow above trying to get the
elevator door to open and take her to third floor. It is hard to watch her
sitting on the floor in front of the stove trying to figure out how she is
supposed to get the “hot thing” to come on. It is hard to watch her look at
someone you know she has known forever and have no recollection of who they
are. There are so many things that are hard.
This disease is moving so quickly. At the same time I’m
realizing that we still have a long time to fight this disease ahead of us.
There are so very many things that are uncertain that I thought we would have
figured out. I’m learning to try and live in the chaos. Those of you that know
me probably understand that in itself is difficult for me. I like order. I like
a plan. This disease has really taken all of that from me. I fight against
more days that I’d like to admit but I
am trying to figure out how to live in the moment, to take each day at a time.
I feel like I need to do something. So in that spirit I have
decided to the OKC Walk to End Alzheimer’s in September. I have set a very
lofty goal of raising $1000, but I believe we can do this! People ask me all
the time what can we do, this is what we can do! We can donate our time, donate
our money so that more research can be done. In my darkest days I realize that
while this may not save my mom or even me, it might help my son. So this is
truly important to me!
I’d love to make a team, if anyone else is interested! But
for now, it’s just me asking you to donate what you can to help us end this
horrible disease. It has to start somewhere so why not with us.
Here’s my page for more information:
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