Patti Davis
Patti Davis
Patti Davisis an American actress and author. She is the daughter of U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Reagan's second wife, First Lady Nancy Reagan...
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth21 October 1952
CityLos Angeles, CA
mother father eye
My father never feared death. He never saw it as an ending. I don't know why Alzheimer's was allowed to steal so much of my father before releasing him into the arms of death. But I know that at his last moment, when he opened his eyes - - eyes that had not opened for many, many days - - and looked at my mother, he showed us that neither disease nor death can conquer love.
father heart eye
Decades later I would look into my father's eyes and try to reach past the murkiness of Alzheimer's with my words, my apology, hoping that in his heart he heard me and understood.
eye age dying
it ultimately doesn't matter which disease gnaws away at the body - it looks the same. The flesh surrenders, grows exhausted, and the eyes ask why.
believe cure none others speak wide
I speak for many others when I say that none of us believe a cure is just around the corner. We believe it's around a very wide bend.
best family felt learn mother open stay step whatever
I felt that the best I could do for my father, and the best I could do for myself, and my mother and my family was to stay open to the experience, and learn whatever I could at every step of the way as it was going on.
begins belief broken reeve understood vision walking
Christopher Reeve understood that... everything begins with hope. His vision of walking again, his belief that he would be able to in his lifetime, towered over his broken body.
bit deep love september understand
After September 11, I got to understand a little bit of his deep love for this country.
along heard ice kid miles river skating stories winter
I heard his stories about ice skating as a kid along this river, that went on for miles, and miles and miles, and in winter when the river had frozen.
bring citizen country known needed
I needed him as a citizen of this country and that we as a country needed him. Because he would have known what to say to bring us some comfort.
struggle thinking alzheimers
I think the earlier stages of Alzheimer's are the hardest. Particularly because the person knows that they are losing awareness. They're aware that they're losing awareness, and you see them struggling.
summer children swimming
When I was a child, our summer days were spent swimming; chlorine in my hair was like perfume to me.
thinking political problem
I think we can work through a lot of political and international problems, but what really frightens me is what's happening environmentally.
children long rebellious
I'm not the angry, rebellious child that I was. You can remain a child for a long time. I certainly did. I was a slow learner.
believe thinking order
I don't think it's an accident who our parents are; I believe we choose them. So maybe I chose my parents in order to effect change.