For those who don't know, our mom/wife Diane was diagnosed with Early-Onset Alzheimers at the end of 2020. She was only 50 years old. She is now 54 and in the final stage. Since this diagnosis, our family has been raising money for hope that one day there will be a cure for Alzheimer's Disease. So people like our mom/wife and our family don't need to suffer and go through this long heart breaking journey. So others don't have to watch their loved one slowly decline right in front of them without being able to do anything to stop it. Not only are you experiencing the continual, gradual loss of your loved one, but you also never know when the losses are coming. Alzheimer’s is unpredictable. We can’t anticipate what’s coming. We don’t know when the little pieces will be lost for good, so we never get the chance to say goodbye to any of them. We don’t get the chance to appreciate and enjoy what we have before it’s gone. If you knew today would be the last day your loved one ever spoke, you would make sure you spent the day listening to their voice, burning it into your mind and heart forever. But Alzheimer’s doesn’t give us that luxury. I came across this in a blog I follow, "Some people still don’t understand how horrific Alzheimer’s disease really is. It’s not just that your loved one forgets things sometimes. It’s so much more. The pain that a family experiences losing a loved one, slowly, little by little, is unlike any other. The helplessness of standing by, watching while your loved one is stolen right out from under your feet, is unmatched. Alzheimer’s is an unforgiving, unrelenting, menacing disease and there is nothing else like it."

This cruel disease needs to be stopped.