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This fall, the changing colors hold a whole new meaning for me.
The last several years I’ve carried the yellow Promise Garden Flower in the Walk to End Alzheimer’s because it signified that I was my mother’s caregiver. This year, my flower will change to purple, because in January I lost my mom to this horrific disease.
I have friends who will carry the blue flower because they have the disease, and anyone who supports the vision of a world without Alzheimer’s will carry an orange flower. Someday, hopefully in my lifetime, there will be a white flower for all those who have survived Alzheimer’s disease.
On Oct. 22, I will join hundreds in South Park to walk a mile for all those fighting this devastating battle. The Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s raises money so that the association can continue to provide support and education to families like mine, while also advancing critical research toward methods of treatment and prevention.
I don’t want my family to experience another Alzheimer’s diagnosis, so I will continue to walk in my mom’s memory. Register for free at alzwalklawrence.org and join me.
— Kimberly J. Luce (she/her), Lawrence
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