 Greetings!
February is typically a month dedicated to love, so it seemed appropriate to offer this loving, heart-full story about my late father in this issue. My intent in sharing this very personal part of our family story is to support anyone who has or had a loved one with Alzheimer's. It is also for anyone who has a concern about being genetically "pre-disposed" to a certain condition or disease. This is a wellness newsletter and not an "illness" newsletter, so I trust you will find your level of wellness uplifted as you read, Unforgettable Memories: A Daughter's View of Alzheimer's. May love and wholeness flow through your life,
Susan Tate, M.A., Editor
Director, Washington Wellness Associates
 
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Unforgettable Memories: A Daughter's View of Alzheimer's
"It's so amazing, Susan. Every day I go to work on a boxcar with wings and wherever it lands, my bed is there!" The first time my dad, a retired railroad engineer, told me of his flying boxcar experience, my heart and head ached. How could my father--this clear-thinking, grounded, rational man--have such visions? I remember gently replying, "Oh, Dad, you know the part of your brain that's just not connecting as clearly as it used to? Well, that's the part that makes you think you traveled on a boxcar with wings." "Okay," he obediently replied. I thought I was controlling the situation quite nicely. What an illusion! It took me almost two years to stop fighting against my father's diagnosis of Alzheimer's. When I surrendered and embraced him as he was appearing in that moment, it seemed I found a previously undiscovered pathway into my dad's mind. Click here to read entire article.
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 Quote of the Month
Love alone is capable of uniting living beings in such a way as to complete and fulfill them, for it alone takes them and joins them by what is deepest in themselves. ~Pierre Teilhard de Chardin |
