I was very touched by so many people writing me messages on this website. I am very grateful for all of your loving, caring responses to my posts about my mom. I send you all my love and hope that you don’t have to go through the kind of emotional pain that I have experienced.

I appreciate that you do write to me here on my website. I thank you from the bottom of my heart. Please understand that I cannot accept postal mail at this time. I had a postman suggest I needed to do something when he had to deliver 200 items in one day. I am also mindful of the expense of postage.

I have had a wonderful holiday with my family. I hope you all have too. Beau and I spent some wonderful time with my mom who has had her medication changed slightly and seemed more responsive than she has done for a while now. We also had a memorable time with family and friends when we celebrated Patrick’s 50^th birthday.

I’ve been asked to be on a couple of medical boards that are specifically focussed on the science of the brain. I am working in the USA on helping people who are going through the horrors of Alzheimer’s and Dementia. I will continue to do as much as I can to make people aware of the coming epidemic of Alzheimer’s and related Dementia as the ‘Baby Boomers’ age. I hope that people can become much more proactive to at least change their lifestyles so that we can at least retard the effects of this condition.

If you are in the NJ area I encourage you to consider participating in the Running 4 Answers, a 4-mile race and 2-mile fun run in Roseland, NJ (near my home town). The event is on Saturday, April 28, 2012. I encourage you to check out the event website at http://www.running4answers.org/. If you live close enough, consider walking or running in “Team Cassidy”. Unfortunately I can’t be there in person for the event but I do support such an important fundraising event. You can sign up for the event now on their website. Another option is to make a donation, also through their site. All proceeds go to Cure Alzheimer’s Fund (http://www.curealzfund.org/)

God Bless DC