Julie Centrella

My father passed away from cancer and as bad as that was, the Alzheimer’s is worse, you become numb to it because you’re losing your loved one by degrees. First, they don’t know who you are, and that’s shocking, and that guts you — and they don’t know who your children are. Then you get over that — and soon the day comes where they can’t really speak or smile at you.

Julie Centrella

I named the business after my mom, who while growing up in Ireland went by the name Aine, she changed it to Anne when she moved to America.

Julie Centrella

They convey her love for us, even though she couldn’t really speak anymore when they were taken, it’s been a treasure to have them.

Julie Centrella

We had been watching my mother decline, and it was getting worse and worse, in the beginning, she was good at covering things up, so we didn’t really know how bad it was.

Julie Centrella

My mom’s speech began to be affected, her sentences were jumbled, and it was getting really hard to even carry on a conversation.

Julie Centrella

Joe also learns about their background, and who and what they were before their dementia diagnosis.

Julie Centrella