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Last night I went to bed exhausted and this morning I woke up still tired. You’d think I spent the day running yesterday when in fact I spent it sitting at my computer playing Free Cell.

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Maybe it is time to sit back and review the little I know about Alzheimer’s disease. It is a brain disorder first reported by a German doctor, Alois Alzheimer, in 1906, when he discovered it in a patient, a lady referred to as Auguste D.

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"No," she said politely too, "tomorrow, Wednesday, is your first day. But next week you will begin on Tuesday."

"Okay, thank you," I said, but something in my mind got stalled. On Wednesday, I went to teach, then chatted with my friend in the company, had such a good time, I came home cheerful, not thinking of what day it was, or if anything was due that day. It felt like Tuesday.
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[DatePublished] => 2006-07-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135494 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805260 [AuthorName] => Barbara Gonzalez-Ventura [SectionName] => Modern Living [SectionUrl] => modern-living [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 337576 [Title] => Give me some answers [Summary] => I light a candle.
It is my father’s 86th birthday, but he passed away 61 years ago. I never knew him really, but I miss him still. I notice that as I grow older, I miss him even more. It is his loss that has caused such a mess in my love life and such success in my professional life. All that because I did not know my father, who was taken from me and killed by the Japanese less than 24 hours before Manila was liberated. I lost him at the eleventh hour of the war. Every year that I think of him, I mourn more. This year, I have a different reason for mourning.
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Last night I went to bed exhausted and this morning I woke up still tired. You’d think I spent the day running yesterday when in fact I spent it sitting at my computer playing Free Cell.

[DatePublished] => 2009-10-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135494 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805260 [AuthorName] => Barbara Gonzalez-Ventura [SectionName] => Modern Living [SectionUrl] => modern-living [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 512351 [Title] => What I know about Alzheimer's disease [Summary] =>

Maybe it is time to sit back and review the little I know about Alzheimer’s disease. It is a brain disorder first reported by a German doctor, Alois Alzheimer, in 1906, when he discovered it in a patient, a lady referred to as Auguste D.

[DatePublished] => 2009-10-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135494 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805260 [AuthorName] => Barbara Gonzalez-Ventura [SectionName] => Modern Living [SectionUrl] => modern-living [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 435710 [Title] => As life begins to sing [Summary] => There are changes in my life. [DatePublished] => 2009-01-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135494 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805260 [AuthorName] => Barbara Gonzalez-Ventura [SectionName] => Modern Living [SectionUrl] => modern-living [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 366990 [Title] => Goddesses in older women [Summary] => Let me ask you some questions. Do you have a growing discomfort with your own environment? Do you wonder whether you should move or change things around? Maybe quit your job, which no longer makes you happy. Maybe dump your husband or wife, who also no longer makes you happy.
[DatePublished] => 2006-11-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135494 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805260 [AuthorName] => Barbara Gonzalez-Ventura [SectionName] => Modern Living [SectionUrl] => modern-living [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 362944 [Title] => New life coming? [Summary] => Hi, is today my first day of class?" I asked politely. It was Tuesday.

"No," she said politely too, "tomorrow, Wednesday, is your first day. But next week you will begin on Tuesday."

"Okay, thank you," I said, but something in my mind got stalled. On Wednesday, I went to teach, then chatted with my friend in the company, had such a good time, I came home cheerful, not thinking of what day it was, or if anything was due that day. It felt like Tuesday.
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It is my father’s 86th birthday, but he passed away 61 years ago. I never knew him really, but I miss him still. I notice that as I grow older, I miss him even more. It is his loss that has caused such a mess in my love life and such success in my professional life. All that because I did not know my father, who was taken from me and killed by the Japanese less than 24 hours before Manila was liberated. I lost him at the eleventh hour of the war. Every year that I think of him, I mourn more. This year, I have a different reason for mourning.
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