Living in My Shadow: My Journey with Alzheimer's

Bringing a message of Hope
for living with Alzheimer’s Disease ~
“The Extreme Makeover”
“The Unlikely Dancer”
“Just Believe In One More Day”
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Promoting early diagnosis
Treatment with Meds
Coupled with Ballroom Dancing
To rehabilitate the mind and body
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Diagnosed with Alzheimer’s at age 53,
Everyday I fight a battle to still be me.
A battle wages within ~ a silent predator ~
The thief of my mind, memory, and me.
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I am a voice that needs to be heard ~
A mind that needs to be understood ~
A disease that needs explanation ~ a cure!
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“Dancing is Life” states Tony Dovolani ~
“This is a quote that is a direct parallel to life. It rejuvenates us, keeps us
sound, keeps us creating, instead of dying.”
~ quote ~ Tony Dovolani of Dancing with the Stars ~ World Rhythm Champion
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~ Traveling through the Valley of the Shadow of Death ~
When you hear you are dying, you feel yourself disappearing ~ just fading
away ~ “There is a Time to Dance!” “God Changed My Mourning into
Dancing!” Ballroom Dancing ~ the Missing Link in My Rehabilitation.
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“They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength ~
they shall mount up with wings as eagles“
“When You See a Single Bird Soar in Flight ~ Remember Me!”
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Living in My Shadow records my personal journals, celebrating my real life with Alzheimer’s Disease from 1999 to the present. I want my writings to reflect the Hope I have in my Heavenly Father’s plans for me, reflecting His sustaining companionship on this my journey living with Alzheimer’s.
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