FOUR JOY

Some say that everything happens for a reason, there are no chance encounters. Others state that everything happens in threes, there are good, bad and ugly events. My third year traveling through the mists of my husbands Alzheimers disease tested this hypothesis. I went from a wife and mother to the conniving Captains daughter and ended up as That Other Woman. Confusion reigned, then and now.  Four Joy is my journal of sorrow. A sorrow that sparked in the war-torn Delta of South Vietnam, and culminated on the battlefield of Alzheimers in the Florida Panhandle. Four Joy is my journal of love. It didnt begin that way, at least not for me. Herman was an ex-marine and I was an ex--nun. We were oil and water, complete opposites in almost everything. Love was slow to spark between us. Four Joy is my journal of shared oneness. Our daily struggles to make sense of Alzheimers were arduous. I entered my husbands world and never looked back. We both knew how the story would end, we lived each day as if it would be our last together. We had a blast! We fell in love all over again. Faith and love sustained us throughout our journey.  Sally returned to college and earned a Master Degree in Social Work. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and a retired Hospice Social Worker. Sally is the Founder and Executive Director of Perks n Moore, a non-profit organization that is dedicated to taking care of all caregivers. By providing mentoring, education, support and socialization programs, caregivers are able to meet the ever-growing demands and challenges of caregiving.  Sallys religious faith, family values, experience and insights provide an Anchor of Hope to those caring for their loved ones._,