In my last email message to you, I mentioned Synott, age 14, a young man who is one of our youngest Alzheimer’s advocates. Synott lives with his grandparents, Libby and Jerry Embry, known as Nana and Da, on weekends. Nana has Alzheimer’s disease. Please show your support for this inspiring teen by making a donation today, and we’ll send you our signature wristband as a thank you.
Synott was just 9 when he first learned of his grandmother’s illness. “I saw my mom and Da crying, and I thought my Nana must be sick,” he says. “When I asked my Nana, she explained that her body was not sick, but her brain was. It was the first time I heard the word ‘Alzheimer’s.’
“I was so sad. I asked, ‘Will you forget me?’ She cried and told me, ‘I don’t think God would ever let me forget someone as special as you are.’
“We talked about the fun trips we had taken,” he continues. “We practiced the fairy tales she had told me, and we sang the lullabies she had sung to me. Nana wanted me to remember them for the grandchildren she might not know in her future. I promised that I would. And I will.”
Synott says proudly, “I will fight for my Nana. I made her a promise: When she can no longer speak about the disease, I will speak for her.”
Synott is committed to raising awareness about Alzheimer’s in honor of his Nana. Please show your support for this inspiring teen by making a donation today. Let him know that he doesn’t stand alone bygiving as generously as you can.
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