Whichwayer Walk

It was in Seattle, while walking the neighborhood where Bridget lived at the time, proably 2016, that I came up with the Alzheimer’s walking team name - The Whichwayers. Patty would say, usually walking ahead of me, which way now?

Patty walks much slower now - clearly in saunter mode. There is no more questioning which way now - Patty shadows me, like a loyal blind dog.

I used the, what I thought, was a clever name, at our inaugral Alzheimers walk in 2017, both in Minnesota and Vermont. It was of significance since it was coincident with our fiftieh wedding aniversary. We used the walk as a fiftieth anniversay celebration. It was a great way to celebrate with friends and family.

Now 2021, we religiously walk in Vermont’s annual Champlain Valley Alzheimer’s fundraiser. Patty handled, for the first time, the windmill flower with the color for those having Alzheimer’s - I am not sure she understood, but she willingly took on the appropriate flower, rather than one of the other four or so flowers that represented other relationships to the ugly disease.

We walked this year with the Welle’s - a delightful day spent together. It had been seven years since we’ve seen the Welle’s - too long.

Visit Alz.org - a worthwhile cause.

Whichwayer Walk