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
Joyce C
What was the happiest moment of your life?
Being a witness to the opportunities my granddaughters have access to…
Erie A
Happiest Moment?
When my kids planned a surprise party for my 90th birthday. Two of my children are local, but my son and his family are in Jacksonville, FL. My entire KY/OH – even my FL family traveled up – came together to celebrate my special day. No one has ever done something so nice for me and it was the first time in a long time the entire family was all together. It was such a nice surprise.
Rosemary L
I feel like everything I did was easy. Every job I wanted, I got. I was very lucky.
I remember I got a job to work in the hospital in Evanston, Illinois after WWII, working on the paraplegia unit for young men who were veterans. My boss came to me and asked me, “How would you like to stay on in the paraplegia unit working Mondays and Fridays only? There would be no holidays.” It was the best job I could have hoped for. I also had a great team. I worked with a group of young black men who were trained as nurses’ aides. It was a wonderful experience. There has never been a more caring bunch of people than those men to care for our wounded veterans.
