Sent: Saturday, April 4, 2009 7:09:58 AM

Jacque: 

    I'll take a photo of Mom for you.  Actually, the assisted living facility where she resides, Clarebridge of Montgomery, in North Wales PA (for dementia patients) has ordered some of these dolls.  I decided to get one for Mom so she would have her own.  Some of the other women at her facility won't let them out of their arms.  When Mom does get a chance to hold one, she smiles at her, talks to her, tucks a blanket around her, and the one time I asked if I could also hold the baby, she told me to be careful with her.  It's amazing to see the change in them when they hold one of your dolls.

Thank you so much and I can't wait to get your doll.  Mom will love having her own.

              Barbara Bradby

When I gave Mom her doll her eyes got big as saucers.  She smiles,  laughes, "talks" to her, and never takes her eyes off her.  What is amazing is that when ever she changes the dolls position in her arms she always cradles the dolls head.  Guess that instinct of supporting the baby's head never goes away.   It's a joy for me to watch Mom interact with "Mary" (named after Mom's mother). 

I took the doll with me when I bowled the other day.  The women loved her.  I gave some of your cards and pamphlet to one friend who attends an alzheimers support group and a card to another women who knows someone with alzheimers.   I'm trying really hard to get the word out about your  dolls.  

                         Thanks again.  Barb Bradby

April 16, 2009

ANGELS AMONG US

Georgia's Angel's Network

  Dolls4Alzheimer's has brought more into my life than I will ever be able to give back. When I went to your web site and saw the work you do I knew I wanted to be a part of it. My sister, Reva Darrah, gave me my first dollabout 8 years ago. She didn't give me a decoration for my apartment or something to sit on my bed and look pretty. Reva gave me a little angel to hold and cuddle. Little Sophie brought so much joy into my life. Reva had told me that she couldn't imagine someone not having something to hold. Until I got Sophie I don't think I would have understood that statement, but once I held that little doll I could not imagine ever losing that feeling.

  I gave two dolls to my dear friend, Pat Simon. I knew Pat was living by herself and "had nothing to hold". Now she tells me she holds and rocks her little babies all the time.

I used to work as an LPN in a nursing home.  I loved working with elderly residents. People think that the elderly go into nursing homes to die but they don't. Sometimes it's the only place they have to live. It is so interesting to talk to them. They have lived such long full lives.  I wish I had known then how much happiness a little doll could bring into an elderly person's life, especially a person with alzheimers.  When I learned about Dolls4Alz I knew there had to be a way for me to be a part of this organization. Being disabled myself I had been praying and asking God to show me a way that my life could have more meaning. When Dolls4Alz came into my life I knew this was God's answer to my prayers. I immediately started talking to Jaque and found out how I could help. Then it was easy. I just e-mailed all my friends and told them about Dolls4Alz.

  I absolutely love my babies. Because I am disabled and spend most of my day in bed I don't know what I would do without my babies. I still hold them and rock them.  

If you want to join  Georgia's Angel's Network you can email her at gklier@roadrunner.com

                                                                                                     

                                                               

                                                    

Georgia Klier

Pat Simon

Anne from Australia

Reva Darrah

Diana Matlack

Feb, 27th,2010