Inheritance & Memory

In a family of six siblings, three now live with Alzheimer’s. A reflection on what it means to face mortality when memory is already slipping—and the quiet mercy that dementia sometimes spares loved ones the repeated pain of loss.

A daughter rediscovers her mother’s unfinished quilt, started in the 1970s and set aside after Alzheimer’s changed the family’s life. Decades later, with help from a long-arm quilter, the quilt is finally completed—transforming a forgotten project into an inheritable family treasure.