How I have Changed in the Last 10 years (2013 - 2023)

February 2, 2024

In January 2024, the Area Agency on Aging 1-B (AAA 1-B) changed their name to AgeWays. To launch their new name, they had planned to broadcast a recorded video segment on Detroit’s TV channel 7 (WXYZ). In this broadcast, AgeWays wanted to showcase a caregiver’s story.
 
I was selected to be that caregiver and was interviewed by WXYZ anchorman, Keenan Smith.

At the end of the interview, the cameraman asked a very perceptive question, “KC, how have you changed in the last 10 years?” I did not have a very good answer and told him, “I am at peace with myself” with few other points.
 
For the next few days, I reflected on that cameraman’s question and created a PowerPoint presentation documenting how I have changed over the last decade since the onset of Sumi’s Alzheimer’s in 2013.
 
The presentation is divided into three broad categories:
 
  1. Changes due to the passing of time
  2. Changes accelerated due to Sumi’s Alzheimer’s
  3. Changes ongoing for my healing and growing (life after Sumi)
Please review this presentation by using the QR code.

Click here to view Changes with Sumi (2013 to 2023) in a pdf file
 
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