Marbles Anyone

Forgetting the name of an actor, after accumulating 60+ years of facts and figures in one's mind, should only be the worst of Alzheimer's/ Dementia Disease. However, I like that Mr. Reardon ends the article with: "Maybe I should be thankful to the threat of Alzheimer's. It reminds me to live life as fully as I can. Or, as Gwendolyn Brooks writes, "conduct your blooming in the noise and the whip of the whirlwind."

(Tribune illustration by Mike Miner / March 10, 2012

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/ct-perspec-0311-alzheimers-20120311,0,6707658.story