Last fall my brother, Ernie came to Medford to visit with us. His daughter, Lori was here from Arizona and she drove his car up here to see the family. She had not been to Medford since our mother's funeral so things have changed a lot. Here are Ken, Rita, Ernie and Kathryn, taken in the living room at Kathy's home.
Okay, take Rita out and put Lori in and this what you get. She said,"You notice that I'm holding Uncle Kenny's hand." Yeah, Lori, you are one of his favorites!! When we visited her in Arizona in 2001, Ken and I stayed at Lori's home for a couple days while Roger, Sue, and Sister went to California. Since then she lost her husband Russ, so now she is alone. A strong lady, that one is!!
"No, Dad we can't go out to Aunt Lucille's now we have to be by Wayne and Elaine's for supper." My brother is advancing into alzhiemers so he doesn't always keep up with what is really going on now. Last summer he drove to Medford alone and got lost for 2 hours. Now he just drove here in March and got lost again- ended up in Owen/Withee. Some farmer got him on the right road to Medford. How do you tell a person he should not drive?? How can such a thing be happening to someone we love?? How can a person be robbed of their memory by such an agressive robber as alzheimers?? Sad, sad!!!!
Last fall my brother, Ernie came to Medford to visit with us. His daughter, Lori was here from Arizona and she drove his car up here to see the family. She had not been to Medford since our mother's funeral so things have changed a lot. Here are Ken, Rita, Ernie and Kathryn, taken in the living room at Kathy's home. 
Okay, take Rita out and put Lori in and this what you get. She said,"You notice that I'm holding Uncle Kenny's hand." Yeah, Lori, you are one of his favorites!! When we visited her in Arizona in 2001, Ken and I stayed at Lori's home for a couple days while Roger, Sue, and Sister went to California. Since then she lost her husband Russ, so now she is alone. A strong lady, that one is!!
"No, Dad we can't go out to Aunt Lucille's now we have to be by Wayne and Elaine's for supper." My brother is advancing into alzhiemers so he doesn't always keep up with what is really going on now. Last summer he drove to Medford alone and got lost for 2 hours. Now he just drove here in March and got lost again- ended up in Owen/Withee. Some farmer got him on the right road to Medford. How do you tell a person he should not drive?? How can such a thing be happening to someone we love?? How can a person be robbed of their memory by such an agressive robber as alzheimers?? Sad, sad!!!!
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Alzheimer's is such a sad disease and so difficult to see a loved on go through that. Hopefully someday they will find a "cure" for this.
Nice to see the pics of everyone.
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