Capture Memories of Alzheimer’s Patient’s Earlier Days & Travels
February 28, 2009 by Mary Emma Allen
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
As I was preparing writing lessons for a group of homeschoolers, I pulled out some childhood photos for inspiration. I’ll have the young writers use photos of events in their lives. However, as an example, I’ll take photos from my childhood and incorporate them in similar projects.
I looked at a photo of my family (Father, Mother, my sister, brothers and me) seated on a rock with the Cape Neddick “Nubble Lighthouse” in the background. This brought back memories of trips from our home in New York State to visit relatives in Maine and our picnic suppers at the lighthouse view.
So, in addition to writing about family trips to Nubble Light for my class, I’m relating some memories for our family legacy. I marvel how Mother and Father had the patience to take four children in a car (no vans or SUVs in those days). There were simply the six of us squeezed into a two seater car with small trunk for luggage. We traveled many miles this way, often stopping to repair flat tires.
Do you have memories of family trips in the pre-Alzheimer’s days? Remember the adventures, the frustration, and the fun that we captured in photos and now in words.
Additional Information:
Sentinel of the Sea – Nubble Light: a History of Cape Neddick Light Station by Rose Labrie. (Finding a listing at Amazon of this book brought back memories, too. I knew Rose Labrie years ago when we both belonged to the Seacoast Writers Group.)
(AllPosters.com image at Amazon)
