We have made it 5 years in our dance with the devil that is Alzheimers. Five years since our lives were torn apart and everything we knew collapsed. There are so many shadow gifts, the most precious of all being time. We have had time to adjust, to learn and to grow. My sister in law once said that she would only rest when she knew that if something happened to her, that her daughter would be OK. I don’t believe we would have reached that point without this diagnosis. Ben, Jake and I will all be OK without the rock that was Rob. We will walk him home with dignity and grace and then we will be OK. Devastated, sad, gutted, distraught, but OK. In honor of our journey and perhaps as a roadmap for others passing this way, I have created this blog. Today the Alzheimer’s association, who has supported us tremendously, has released a Valentine story on our journey on their blog, so call this a blog within a blog! here