That's my sweetheart in there. Wherever she is, that's where my home is.

Part of me aches at the thought of her being so close yet so untouchable, but her story and mine are different now. It wasn't easy for me to accept this simple truth, because there was a time when our stories were the same, but that was six years and two lifetimes ago.

There were moments when it honestly seemed as if the world were conspiring against her.

Don't let fear govern your decision.

First you will smile, and then you will cry -- don't say you haven't been warned.

Alzheimer's ... it is a barren disease, as empty and lifeless as a desert. It is a thief of hearts and souls and memories.

So that's the ghost you been running from.