Dear You, If memories create identity, who are you if you lose those memories? My cousin, also named Nancy Bercaw (as was our grandmother), recently found this letter (in her father’s things) that my father, Beau, sent to Santa a long, long time ago. (Talk about mistaken identities with all these Nancy Bercaws and Bercaw…
Author: nancybercaw
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Fairy Tales & Buzzard Tails
Dear People of the World, I want you to know my father, Dr. Beauregard Lee Bercaw, because he lived a Fairy Tale. Not the Disney kind, though. More like one of those magical, unbelievable and tragic tales from Hans Christian Andersen or the Brothers Grim. In fact, my dad read me those stories as if…
Don’t Make Me Crazy-(ier)
Dear Anyone Who Knows Someone Worried About Alzheimer’s, After my headache/panic attack/discombobulated trip to the ER on Sunday, I have a more heightened awareness and concern about what I might be forgetting. I’m also increasingly sensitive to people commenting on anything that might have slipped my mind. So here’s a tip for pals of people…
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