Patti Davis
Patti Davis
Patti Davisis an American actress and author. She is the daughter of U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Reagan's second wife, First Lady Nancy Reagan...
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth21 October 1952
CityLos Angeles, CA
struggle thinking alzheimers
I think the earlier stages of Alzheimer's are the hardest. Particularly because the person knows that they are losing awareness. They're aware that they're losing awareness, and you see them struggling.
unique thinking people
The thing about losing any loved one, I think, particularly in a long disease, is that you know that other people have gone through it and are going through it, but I think for every person it feels unique.
love thinking people
People love the way they're capable of loving-but that's not always how you want them to love or how you think they should love.
father thinking years
I often imagine what it would be like if my father were still here to mark his 100th birthday, if Alzheimer's hadn't clawed away years, possibilities, hopes. What would he think of all the commemorations and celebrations?
motherhood thinking people
Just think: people decided one day that a day should be set aside for motherhood and fatherhood. What a great concept that is.
father thinking alzheimers
My father started growing very quiet as Alzheimer's started claiming more of him. The early stages of Alzheimer's are the hardest because that person is aware that they're losing awareness. And I think that that's why my father started growing more and more quiet.
thinking political problem
I think we can work through a lot of political and international problems, but what really frightens me is what's happening environmentally.
believe thinking order
I don't think it's an accident who our parents are; I believe we choose them. So maybe I chose my parents in order to effect change.
thinking dying death-and-dying
I think that nothing teaches you more about life than death and dying.
believe cure none others speak wide
I speak for many others when I say that none of us believe a cure is just around the corner. We believe it's around a very wide bend.
best family felt learn mother open stay step whatever
I felt that the best I could do for my father, and the best I could do for myself, and my mother and my family was to stay open to the experience, and learn whatever I could at every step of the way as it was going on.
begins belief broken reeve understood vision walking
Christopher Reeve understood that... everything begins with hope. His vision of walking again, his belief that he would be able to in his lifetime, towered over his broken body.
bring citizen country known needed
I needed him as a citizen of this country and that we as a country needed him. Because he would have known what to say to bring us some comfort.
summer children swimming
When I was a child, our summer days were spent swimming; chlorine in my hair was like perfume to me.