6 July 1991 On our wedding day, these were my vows to Richard: Dearest Richard.  I often wondered if it was true what they said. That my expectations were unrealistic and bold. But I knew it was better to live life alone than to compromise a dream. And when I met you,...

Parkinson’s disease is a degenerative neurological disorder that affects one in one hundred people over age sixty. Men have a somewhat higher risk than women. While the average age at onset is around sixty, some people are diagnosed at forty or younger. Parkinson’s is...

Sugar killed my dear husband, Richard. Not directly, as with a gun, but as a malicious and seductive accomplice.  Alzheimer’s is called type 3 diabetes, after all. Richard loved his sweets ever since he was a little kid. He would sometimes eat a whole box of sugary...