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In my life, I've watched two significant and vital men struggle with Alzheimer's Disease. One, President Ronald Reagan, shared his struggle with us until he faded into the twilight the disease creates -- and his death led to my creating the predecessor to this blog.

The other is a dear friend from church. A vital man in his eighties, until only a short time ago he was clear-headed and lucid -- and then the mists of Alzheimer's descended, as it slowly robs this WWII Purple Heart navy veteran of all the things his injuries could not. I'll never hear from him the rest of those stories of his time on a destroyer during the war, nor of the early days of NASA here in Houston. My heart aches for him and for his wife of over 60 years as they struggle to live with the devastation this disease has wrought.

Over the next couple of months, the Alzheimer's Association will be sponsoring its annual Memory Walk to raise awareness and research funds, that this disease will one day be a horror story from the past. There is likely a walk in your area, in which you can participate as a sponsor, a walker, or a Team Captain. I'd like to urge you to consider this possibility, according to your ability -- I know my wife and I will be talking to determine what we can do to help. There is a special need for Team Captain's, so I would like to especially urge you to consider that role.

Friends, the sad reality is that most of us know someone who has been stricken with Alzheimer's Disease. Let's work together for a future in which that statement cannot be made.

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