I was a middle child and was used to negotiating. But there was nothing I could do to reverse my mothers condition.

Like an actor who transforms into the character that they're playing, you can transform into yourself.

Alzheimer's caregivers are heroes.

Caring for an Alzheimer's patient is a situation that can utterly consume the lives and well-being of the people giving care, just as the disorder consumes its victims.

I was a middle child and was used to negotiating. But there was nothing I could do to reverse my mothers condition.

The way we get to live forever is through memories stored in the hearts and souls of those whose lives we touch. That's our soul print. It's our comfort, our emotional nourishment at the end of the day and the end of a life. How wonderful that they are called up at will and savored randomly. It seems to me we should spend our lives in a conscious state of creating these meaningful moments that live on. Memories matter.

My husband acts and I have such respect for those that do it well, that I wouldn't even try to pretend I can act.