tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130625691574268449.post1955235803203112798..comments2024-03-27T01:16:07.684-07:00Comments on AlewivesGirl: Alzheimer's Art Quilt InitiativeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130625691574268449.post-64727388828285301612009-08-20T10:08:34.726-07:002009-08-20T10:08:34.726-07:00the quilts must have been very powerful, I wish I ...the quilts must have been very powerful, I wish I could have seen them. My grandmother is in the start of Alzheimer's and it is very hard to watch her make the transition. She knows that she doesn't know anymore. My mother, Pam Hardy, has taken great care of my grandparents. I don't know how she goes to see them everyday when I know she will be asked the same questions and has watched them slowly change from being alive to just living. I also worked at chase Point and helped in the Alzheimer's unit for a while. I watched my favorite patients go from a person to just a shell, it broke my heart every time.Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08351476743440984235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130625691574268449.post-67060787193348430172009-08-03T14:56:15.867-07:002009-08-03T14:56:15.867-07:00thanks for sharing your thoughts and experiences w...thanks for sharing your thoughts and experiences with all of us.....your words are powerful & hit home for me (in a different way) as well.zoesimmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04515569078977971764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130625691574268449.post-22332163917279640072009-08-03T07:22:36.679-07:002009-08-03T07:22:36.679-07:00Well Rhea thanks for the morning cry! What a touc...Well Rhea thanks for the morning cry! What a touching post - to read about your grandparents and your first hand experience with Alzheimer's. The traveling exhibit was so moving...if I had a close relative and first hand experience with Alzheimer's I probably would have needed to run laps around the outside of the Civic Center as well Rhea! The quilts and the stories behind them were amazing. I find it amazing that the only quilt you made it through was the ballerina quilt, that was on of my favorite ones - I thought it captured her story so well. I have such a love of dance was automatically drawn to the ballerina image. My hat is off to Ami for organizing such an amazing project and bringing it so close to my home. Thank you - and Thank YOU Rhea for such a touching post about your grandparents - what an amazing example of life-long love.Jaynehttp://www.wickedbusymomto3.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130625691574268449.post-51094908756314707682009-08-02T06:51:03.118-07:002009-08-02T06:51:03.118-07:00On beahalf of the artists whose work is shown in t...On beahalf of the artists whose work is shown in the traveling exhibit, "Alzheimer's: Forgetting Piece by Piece," I want to thank you for your tremendously moving post about the power of these amazing quilts. <br /><br />Thank you for sharing how you felt and for letting your blog readers know about the Alzheimer's Art Quilt Initiative.<br /><br />Ami Simms<br />Founder & Executive Director, AAQI<br />amisimms@aol.comAmiSimmshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18442200095667249225noreply@blogger.com