알츠하이머를 앓고 계신 엄마를 위해 뜁니다!

 

 

 

Joey가 4월7일(미쿡시간) Hollywood 하프마라톤 "Run with the Stars"에 참가합니다.

더불어 알츠하이머관련 단체를 위해 기부금을 모으고 있는데요,

.....

 

My mother suffers from Alzheimer's disease.

She loved to walk everywhere.

Never had a driver's license- so I'll run for her instead.

Thank you for your support to Alzheimer's Association.

 

 

예전 뉴키즈 시절때는 Joey가 항상 엄마랑 같이 다녔는데,

컴백이후 아버지의 모습만 보여서 이상하다 싶긴 했어요.

알츠하이머를 앓고 계신다고 합니다.

 

엄마는 걷는것을 무척 좋아하셨고,

Joey는 엄마를 대신해서 뛸것이라고 합니다.

 

Go, Joey!

흐흑.. 왤케 눈물이 나는지!!

 

 

 

기부금을 내시려면 클릭 →  http://www.crowdrise.com/JoeyMcIntyre/fundraiser/joeymcintyre1

 

 

 

 

살다보면 어려움이 닥칠때가 있잖아요.

그럴때 옆에 있어주는 사람들이 있기에 버텨집니다!!

그때 당신은 어디에 계셨나요?

제판단이 옳았길 바래봅니다.

도와주세요!

 

더불어 Team Betty Korea에 기부금을 내시려면 클릭 → http://www.info-komen.org/site/TR/PassionatelyPink/HeadquartersSite?px=7215028&pg=personal&fr_id=2263

 

NKOTB나 저를 도와 주실분들은 항상 환영입니다!

영어로 기부금내시는게 압박이시라면 연락주세요^^

CD도 안사는데 기부금은 무신...??!! ㅋㅋㅋ

CD 살사람 했더니 발드신 분 한분도 없더라눈-.-;;

눈물없인 읽을수 없는 Joey의 블로그 갑니다.

지난해 크리스마스에 누나 Carol의 쇼를 보러 Joey의 엄마가 오셨었는데요,

알츠하이머를 앓고 있다는 걸 모를만큼 괜찮으셨다고,

조이의 아빠가 누나 Carol을 소개할때는 '저양반 끔찍해'라고 말씀하실 정도였다고 합니다.

하지만 불과 몇분후 Joey가 쇼가 어땠는지 여쭤봤더니.

'무슨 쇼 말이니, 얘야?'

....

다행히 Joey의 엄마는 보살핌을 잘 받고 계시지만

그렇게 운이 좋지 못한 사람들이 많습니다.

Joey의 페이지에서 기부하십시오!

http://www.crowdrise.com/JoeyMcIntyre

Joey McIntyre

03/26/2012 - My mom may not know who I am...

But she does a pretty good job of making me feel like she does. I believe she knows there is a connection. She keeps it very simple when she talks to me. Partly I think because she knows that she can't quite remember but is still witty enough to know that she doesn't want to make it any more confusing than it already is for her. I think she is past the most scary part- realizing she is "losing her mind". She knew something was happening. And at first I thought it was just my mom being dramatic. But looking back a few years, her behavior was strange. And soon it was clear that she was slipping away. That mostly showed up in her feeling scared and not wanting to be alone. I remember in the fall of 2008, she said something very profound and sadly poetic. She said, "me and the night don't get along." I thought that was quite a lyric. My mother was as witty as they come. She wrote tons of poems and parodies of songs. Mostly for co-workers leaving for another job or for cast-mates at the end of a show she was in. Or for my sisters' bosses or workmates. She would whip something up in an evening. She could do it all. Of course she had and raised 9 kids so that says it all. And I don't want to keep saying WAS because she still IS. She still has here one-liners. She is still sweet and very interested in what you are saying. When I saw her last December at my sister Carol's Christmas show at the fabled Footlight Club, she was so into the show. I enjoyed watching her as much as watching the show. If you didn't know she had alzheimer's, you wouldn't think it. She was very in the moment- happy to see my father introduce my sister, but also zinging him saying to herself, "he's awful". And watching each song- liking some and loving others. But a few minutes after, I asked if she liked the show, and she answered, "what show, dear?" That kind of sums up where she is right now. I am no expert and I am 3000 miles away, but she is doing ok for someone at her stage of this disease. My mother was a force and could do so many things. Now she is very slow. But through all this there is a bitter sweetness. I hear story from my siblings- how sweet she is and the simple loving words she says to them. And that is true. There is still a person in there. And she is alive and still working it out. I think she still knows that she has some kind of disease, but she has moments of peace. Hopefully, with more funding and the hard work of all involved, we can find a cure so that alzheimer's will not affect generations to come. This disease affects the whole family. My mother is so fortunate to have the care she has, but so many are not as lucky. I will be running the Hollywood Half Marathon on April 7, 2012 in her on honor and all those affected by Alzheimer's and to raise awareness and funds for alz.org. If you can, please donate to my page at http://www.crowdrise.com/JoeyMcIntyre

Thank you for always supporting me in anyway you can- in your thoughts and prayers and deeds. xo-jm