MadisonAllie

Today I was going to participate in the Memory Walk. The Memory Walk is the nation’s largest event to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer care, support and research. My Nanny suffered from memory loss which we believe was Alzheimer’s. She passed away in 2007 at the age of 89. This is a picture that I did for her and I which I felt showed how she felt.  That being sort of confused and lost and i love the look in her face. I never showed her the picture. Everyone thought it would be to much for her. However we did have a great day on this day.  For she got dressed up real pretty for me, makeup and the whole nine yards. And we had a great time as I told her how to pose. I would say to her “Don’t worry Nanny – Just look into the mirror.”  The home she was in I felt had the perfect mirror for the picture I had in my mind.  She would look at me after shooting and smile real big still with confusion and i would tell her she did a great job. I came home later and added the memories of her and my grandpa and her son (my dad), My sister and I, and my two children her great grandchildren. The only hard part was how do you pick just a few memories from 89 years of life. All in all though I loved how it came. And the above picture was the final product. I think it was a way for me to help myself with what she was going through because I love my nanny so much! So today I still walk in the Memory Walk  with hopes that one day in the future they will have some new research.

This morning for the walk started out overcast which quickly turned into rain as I was driving to the walk.  After calling several times and finally getting in touch with my step-mom, Ann, we decided it best not to walk. As much fun as it would have been to get soaking wet – she did not want to get sick.

She made our donation – I took a quick picture….. and there is always next year to walk!!