Just before I moved to Los Angeles, my family got the difficult news that my mom has Alzheimer's Disease. My grandmother had it as well, she passed in 2012, and my great uncle is currently living with it. It is a very difficult time for us all. I am spending the summer helping my mom to move from her home into a "progressive-care" facility, so that she is taken care of as she moves through the early stages of her disease.

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