The worst pain I have endured is having my Mom look directly into my eyes and have no clue who I am. The same lady who shared the same memories of my childhood has forgotten them. While she was raising me as a single mother, she taught me that we can dislike something, but we never hate. Alzheimer's took my Mom. She wasn't willing and she gave one amazing fight. She was the strongest lady I've known. Hate is where I am at with this disease. I have never hated anything more in my life. If I can do anything to assist in finding a cure from this horrible disease and stop any child from watching their parent go through this absolute hell, then it is time well spent.
Losing a parent is the weirdest thing. You go through the rest of your life, not being able to see or talk to them ever again. But you still feel like you will, and every once in a while it just hits you, that they are literally never coming back. Then you relive losing them. With Alzheimer's it is truly the longest goodbye because I lost her many, many times prior to her last breath.
I created this team, Patty's Memory Keepers to honor her, to honor her legacy. I will do anything to help stop the hell a daughter goes through when her mom doesn't recognize her. It is a pain that no one should endure and I will never forget.
Thank you.
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