My grandmother was diagnosed with Alzheimer's when I was in high school. I read everything I could find about the disease which wasn't much in the mid-80s and none of it prepared me for the day Grandmama didn't remember me. That moment stirred so many emotions and I allowed the fear of that happening again to keep me away from her. I squandered precious time and when she passed I was so disappointed in myself and how I had reacted to the disease. My mother was diagnosed about 20 years later. I was determined to do things differently and I wasn't going to let fear keep me away. Walking the Alzheimer's journey with Mom was the most difficult thing I have ever done in my life, but it was also the most rewarding. One afternoon I was sitting with Mom when she said, "Life is too short to have any regrets and it would make me sad to know you had some." I wasn't sure what she was talking about, but I thought maybe she was referring to the time I spent with her. I laid my head on her shoulder so she wouldn't see me cry and I told her, "I promise I won't have any regrets." She squeezed my hand and said, "That's my baby girl." It was such a powerful moment much like the one with my grandmother 20 years before, but this time it wasn't fear and sadness that overwhelmed, but a drive to be the best that I could be for Mom and a fight to find a cure for this disease. Alzheimer's is a thief and it's already taken too much from my family. I want a cure in my lifetime. I want to see the first survivor carrying that white flower at the Walk to End Alzheimer's. Please join me in this fight. Let's do it for Mom. No regrets.
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