Honoring the humanity behind the dementia journey. Through stories, we hope to create understanding, reduce stigma, build connection, and remind people they are not alone.
Prefer to write?
We’ll provide guidance and optional prompts to help you tell your story in your own words. When you’re ready, you can submit your story along with photos you’d like to include.
Your voice matters. We’ll simply help prepare your story for publication while preserving what makes it yours.
Prefer to talk?
Not everyone enjoys writing and that’s perfectly okay.
Meet with one of our volunteer Story Guides by phone or video for about 45 minutes. They’ll listen, ask thoughtful questions, and help capture your story in your own voice. We’ll draft your story, share it with you for review, and never publish anything without your approval.
Sometimes the best stories begin with a conversation.
“Everything I know about dementia and caregiving has come from people who have been willing to share their lives with me.” — Shannon Braun
Daphne R
I guess maybe when I had my first child. It was really representative of a very big change in my life but I’ve had so many. Graduating from high school, graduating from college, getting my first job. I guess I should include getting married too.
Dale H
Hope it hasn’t happened yet. However, I have lived a happy and charmed life; When I married the most beautiful girl I could ever imagine; When I passed my State board exams to become an Architect; when I was on 2 national NCAA basketball championship teams for University of Cincinnati (1961,62); The births of my 3 wonderful children and 6 wonderful grandchildren;
And lastly I am in good health at 79 years old.
Thom & Dianne P
What was the happiest moment of your life?
Thom:
The birth of my two daughters. That was the fulfilment and expansion of our marriage and creation of family. The birth of our girls brought me into a whole new realm I didn’t know existed. Becoming a father allowed me to change the cycle and truly create family.
Dianne:
The happiest day of my life was the day I married Thom.
