How Time Flies
When I was a kid I used to wonder why, as people age, they talked so much about their health. Now, at sixty-three, I understand. Not a day goes by that I don’t bemoan my injured shoulder, ask Ken how his neck is doing, or chat with a friend about their ailments.
As we get older one of the most frightening prospects we face is a diagnosis of dementia—a condition that affects over seven million Americans, a number that is steadily rising.
A few years ago, just three weeks after learning I was adopted, I discovered my birth mother living in a state hospital in Chicago. Racked with dementia, she had no idea who I was or that she’d given me up for adoption fifty-seven years earlier.
While waiting to meet my biological mother…
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Stay Healthy and Stay Pawsitive,
Carlyn MDO
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