Living in My Shadow

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~“Living in My Shadow” ~My Journey with Alzheimer’sAuthor ~ Hazel Minnick~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Bringing a message of Hope for living with Alzheimer’s Disease ~“The Extreme Makeover”“The Unlikely Dancer”“Just Believe In One More Day”~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Promoting early diagnosisTreatment with MedsCoupled with Ballroom DancingTo rehabilitate the mind and body ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~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.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I am a voice that needs to be heard ~A mind that needs to be understood ~A disease that needs explanation ~ a cure! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “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!” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~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. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Read more