Walking for my Mom, Marg

Walking for my Mom, Marg

This year I am walking for Mom. Mom passed away just before New Years. She had been struggling with Alzheimer’s since 2012. She was an active, caring, and generous member of our community. She became a different person because of Alzheimer’s but I knew she...
I’m Walking For My Family

I’m Walking For My Family

I am walking for my family. My grandmother Majka Siha was a doctor in Sarajevo, and lived to 89, with my aunt and uncle and their family. My grandfather Peter was a doctor in Boston. He lived to 86. His three brothers and sister all died with dementia. His mother got...
“Susan & Tony’s Team” lives on

“Susan & Tony’s Team” lives on

Since 2015, ‘Susan and Tony’s Team’ have participated in the Walk for Alzheimer’s. This May, my friends and I will each be taking 13,000 steps in honour of Sue and in support of the 13,000 people currently living with dementia in Elgin, Middlesex and Oxford. Sue is no...
Walking for Jane

Walking for Jane

This year I am walking for Jane. Jane passed several years ago at the youthful age of 103. She always had a mind like a diamond until medical complications caused a rapid decline. I am walking in her memory to help all people who have been affected by...

Why I Walk

I walk for the thousands of clients living with dementia that the Alzheimer Society serves, along with their family care partners. The social isolation that we have all lived with this past year is something that families with dementia have always had to endure. No...
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