Josefina: a Memoir

Confronted with the passing of her mother in 2016, due to complications from Alzheimer's disease, Dr. Wanda Col?n-Mollfulleda turned her grief into action. Longing for the closure she did not believe possible, she embarked on a multi-year project that culminated with writing this memoir. Dr. Col?n-Mollfulleda captures her mother's gradual decline in memory as well as its impact on her life and her entire family. Like a winding road, the story twists and turns as it portrays the peaks and valleys of a life short-changed by the ravages of an unforgiving, untimely disease. Told with palpable passion through the lens of a doting daughter, JOSEFINA voyages through the open lanes and hidden corners of an exceptional life's journey. With this memoir, the author honors the life of Josefina Cruz Guti?rrez, a daring, kind-hearted, loving, and resourceful warrior woman whose story deserves to be told and retold so that the purity of her essence can be immortalized.

A source of information and inspiration this book also includes practical recommendations about lifestyle changes people can make today that may potentially delay or prevent the onset of a brain disease that progressively destroys memory and other critical mental functions in the future. Alzheimer's dementia is not part of the normal aging process. There is no better time than the present to combat Alzheimer's. Whether affecting a loved one, a neighbor, or a stranger, Alzheimer's does not discriminate. Let this book serve as a beacon of light against the darkness of this horrible disease. To make a donation to the Alzheimer's Association in honor of Josefina, please contact Dr. Wanda Col?n-Mollfulleda via email at bjwwassociates@gmail.com or by visiting her website at www.bjwwassociates.com/shop-donate.