podcasting with patients, caregivers, & professionals as they
walk the dementia road…
Maybe we ask "Why me?"
then "Why not me?" then we stop asking.
Stuck somewhere between forgetting
and remembering we struggle to
find meaning and purpose.
What can we do now?
Together.
You were saying...?
Personal stories and journeys of formembering
Mark and Evelyn Taylor have been family friends for decades. When they received the news of her Alzheimer's diagnosis, it was crushing for many of us. Now, Mark writes a blog about their journey from his view as caretaker, husband, and sometime stranger...
formembering Together
Let’s formember Together
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About your host
John W Samples
may—or may not—be losing his mind.
While there is no diagnosis indicating that John suffers from Alzheimer's or any other form of dementia, he has experienced significant memory issues since at least 2022. The results of MRIs, CT scans, and sleep studies have all been normal, except for a significantly high level of apnea which has been treated since 2023. In response to moments of fear and depression, John has resolved to live his journey openly, and maybe even with humor where humor isn't supposed to exist, for as long as possible.
A former broadcast journalist, the call of the story is compelling to him. "I am fascinated by the possibility of sharing these stories about what may or may not become my own journey," he says.
As a former minister, the calling is much more about the people of this community and the struggles that are their lives.
The goal is to contribute to the members of this community in a way that makes the journey less lonely or frightening. If it turns out that my own issues do not progress beyond inconvenience, I will be grateful nonetheless for the spiritual nudges that have moved me in this direction. My world has been forever changed by the conflicts between brain battles and tender hearts that I'm encountering in these people as they navigate the very tough world of formembering.
John W Samples and his high school sweetheart, Bobbi K Samples, at their 50-year class reunion
