[Magdalen] 65th Anniversary of the Class of 1950

[Judy Fleener]

What a wonderful gift you have given Camille.
Judy

On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 4:21 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:

> Mom had vascular dementia, a subtle breakdown of the brain processes
> somewhat similar to Alzheimer's.  I found that in some undefinable ways,
> Mom remembered stuff she ought not to have remembered, and other research
> I've read confirms to me that memory is a lot more complex than we think.
> The point is that we may be well advised to keep stimulating folks who have
> lost (so far as we know) the ability to retain memories, and there does
> seem to be a different process for storing cognitive memory. I am not
> writing of other obvious different types of memory such as coordination and
> muscle memory. Oliver Sacks, I believe, has written some very sensitive and
> thoughtful stuff on the capacity of a person to store memories even though
> science has shown that he no longer can.  So we took Mom out to eat and
> drink practically up to the time of her death, and she maintained a
> positive attitude in spite of everything else.  I have to believe that even
> though she did not recall these pleasant events, something within her
> remembered the happiness she experienced.
>
>
>
> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
> except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
>
> On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 9:43 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > How wonderful! Even though Camille has Alzheimer's/dementia, many times
> > people who have such will have old memories sparked by surroundings of
> > their youth. No matter how much New Orleans has changed, there will be
> some
> > things that never do. And even though her friends will have changed,
> their
> > voices, in many cases, won't have, and there will be pictures. And she
> will
> > get to see her daughter. This could be a real blessing. I hope she has a
> > wonderful time.
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 3:48 AM, Allan Carr <allanc25 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > A while ago, Camille received a letter headed Saint Mary's Dominican
> High
> > > School which started
> > >
> > > "Hi Girls,
> > > Dearie do you remember when we came to Dominican. We were a bunch of
> > Green
> > > Freshmen. Well that was 65 years ago and we are still here and anxious
> to
> > > get together and celebrate."
> > >
> > > After going through the details of the reunion, it ended
> > >
> > > "We had such fun together during our school days. It would be wonderful
> > to
> > > see you again and reminisce."
> > >
> > > "Sincerely yours,"
> > >
> > > I loved this letter and Camille remembered the person who wrote the
> email
> > > and liked the idea of going. At first I worried about the expense of a
> > trip
> > > from L.A. to New Orleans and that Camille would remember none of it,
> but
> > > anyway decided she would have a wonderful time with the other 80+ year
> > > olds. I thought it would be too much for the two of us and invited any
> > one
> > > of Camille's three daughters to accompany Camille on the trip.
> Camille's
> > > middle daughter who is in her late forties volunteered first and will
> > go. I
> > > spoke with the letter writer and advised her of Camille's condition and
> > > that her daughter would be coming along.
> > >
> > > When another of her classmates heard about the trip, she volunteered an
> > > empty small house that has a bedroom on top and a bedroom on the first
> > > floor plus the bathroom and, I suppose, a kitchen and living room, and
> > > then, even the use of her car.  I thought the offer was wonderful and
> now
> > > really knew that Camille and daughter will be in good hands.
> > >
> > > The reunion is the weekend of the 24th and 25th of April. Tickets are
> > > bought and she'll fly there on April 23rd and back the 26th.
> > >
> > > Peace,
> > > Allan Carr
> > >
> >
>



-- 
Judy Fleener, ObJN
Western Michigan