LOST MEMORIES
 

WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF
ALZHEIMER'S

IT IS A STRANGE WORLD WE LIVE IN.  ONE OF CONSTANT CONFUSION.

HELP ME!  REMEMBER FOR ME!

I AM AFRAID.  EVERYTHING IS FRIGHTENING.
I DON'T REMEMBER YOU.  I DON'T REMEMBER ANY OF THE PEOPLE I LOVE.  I CAN'T REMEMBER WHO I WAS OR WHO I AM.

ALL OF MY MEMORIES HAVE BEEN ERASED.  PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THE DEVASTATION OF LOSING ALL OF THEIR BELONGINGS IN A FIRE, HURRICANE, FLOOD OR OTHER NATURAL DISASTER.  THEY GRIEVE FOR THEIR LOST BELONGINGS AND LAMENT HOW SOME THINGS CAN NOT BE REPLACED.  THINGS OF SENTIMENTAL VALUE, LIKE MOMENTOS AND PHOTOGRAPHS. EVEN THOSE ARE TANGIBLE.  AS DEVASTATING AS THAT MAY BE, THEY STILL HAVE THEIR MEMORIES.

WE HAVE BEEN ROBBED.  WE HAVE THE MOMENTOS, THE PHOTOS, THE HEIRLOOMS AND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT BRING BACK MEMORIES FOR MOST PEOPLE BUT FOR US THERE IS NOTHING.

YOU CAN NOT AS MUCH AS YOU LOVE US RESTORE OUR MEMORIES.

YOU CAN SHOW US PATIENCE AND LOVE.

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YOU CAN PRAY FOR A CURE.

By AnnaMarie Chambers

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