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A Journey Home...Wandering Tribute Fund

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Total Number of Gifts: 1
Total Value of Gifts: $10.00

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Daddy,Willie J. Storey where are you going? He replies I'm going home, Momma said it time for me to come home. Fairfield, born and raised in Fairfield, AL. Home, he says momma said come home. Well, Big Momma died in June 1977, the house is not there anymore, I've taken him by there to show him. But, he said that not the right street. I even let him show me the way from the Fairfield Park by the post office, he remember that. Home, he guided me to 51st Street, then he still said I'm not on the right street. I can't make him understand, so why bother cause all because he wants to make, A Journey Home...Wandering. He left Fairfield, AL years ago, a grown man in 1957 came back and left again in 1962 went to Flint, MI, got a factor job, raised a family:wife, five girls, grandbabies, great grandbabies. Friends he forgot and he never mention Bo yes, Bo(Frog) his road dogg, his ace, they were like brothers,his cousin. Alzheimer has made him forget that part of his life, but not Fairfield or his older sister Mary & his brother Clarence. He never mention Poppa Willie his father or his sister Lillian there have pass on too. Home, that is what Alzheimer's disease does, take those precious,oh so precious memories. Daddy, is still trying to make A Journey Home...Wandering. Going to the door with his hat and coat on trying to open the door day and night. I would say Daddy, Big Momma said that you have to stay here until she come and get you. Well, It was my belief that Big Momma finally came and got Daddy on her Birthday, February 16, 2006 making his Journey Home...But,not Wandering.
Miss you Daddy, Earlene

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Becky Wood Tue, May 01, 2012 I too lost my mother to the disease two months ago. what a lovely and moving tribute. she always wanted to go home and would get up in the middle of the night to pack. After she would pack her little bag, she would call my brother who lived in another state to come and get her. what a memory. Thank you for sharing your story.
Quawdeicia Storey Mon, Feb 14, 2011 It has been 5 years since the passing of Willie (my grandfather) and everyday I think of him. I now work at a Condominium building, and I watch the elderly people here suffer from the very same thing. Some of them are still waiting on their spouses, children, friend or wheoever comes to their minds to come home or visit. It is heartbreaking, and all I can do is agree with them and never break their spirits. For all the families that are going through this with a loved one, Be their memory Today!! God Bless you all....
T.Hall Sat, Mar 21, 2009 Your message broke me into tears. My Dad is in the late stages of Alzheimer's and is doing the same exact thing. We struggle to keep him relaxed with medications that do not seem to help. He is only on one mission and that is to go home to his father in Italy. He does not understand that his dad has been deceased for 38 years. I can truly sympathize. Lovely tribute.
Dennis White Sat, Mar 21, 2009 God Bless You and your family, keep the good thoughts of your father. He would want that I am sure.
kim adda Fri, Mar 20, 2009 Great job describing what it's like to love someone with dementia. Very personal and with great perspective.
Kathryn Trauger Fri, Mar 20, 2009 Very touching story. God Bless.

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