Will Davis
Will Davis
doors alzheimers disease
Alzheimer's disease locks all the doors and exits. There is no reprieve, no escape.
heart earth legacy
That is your legacy on this Earth when you leave this Earth: how many hearts you touched.
way would-be ethical
The most ethical way to deal with an unethical situation would be to simply say: 'We did something wrong.' But nobody in a family like mine would ever respond like this.
father thinking years
I often imagine what it would be like if my father were still here to mark his 100th birthday, if Alzheimer's hadn't clawed away years, possibilities, hopes. What would he think of all the commemorations and celebrations?
resilience doe life-is
It's one thing to show your love for someone when everything is going fine and life is smooth. But when the 'in sickness and in health' part kicks in and sickness does enter your lives, you're tested. Your resilience is tested.
loss figures teach
Loss teaches you to figure things out as they come along.
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.
teacher night blood
Stories live in your blood and bones, follow the seasons and light candles on the darkest night-every storyteller knows she or he is also a teacher.
mistake made persons
Politics isn't what defines a person, and it shouldn't define a relationship. I made the mistake of letting that intrude on my relationships.
motherhood thinking people
Just think: people decided one day that a day should be set aside for motherhood and fatherhood. What a great concept that is.
father men long
My father, for his part, was not a man to begrudge anyone a divergent opinion; he'd have been fine if I had written some articles disagreeing with his policies, or even given interviews, as long as I was respectful and civil.
father sleep america
[On her father, Ronald Reagan:] How do you argue with someone who states that the people who are sleeping on the grates of the streets of America 'are homeless by choice'?
father thinking alzheimers
My father started growing very quiet as Alzheimer's started claiming more of him. The early stages of Alzheimer's are the hardest because that person is aware that they're losing awareness. And I think that that's why my father started growing more and more quiet.
brother sibling america
I had this odd sibling rivalry with America.