Horace Lennon was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 1998. The Sixth
Battle: A Story of Alzheimer's, Love, and Faith began as a journal
of his death by dementia written by his daughter, Mary Lennon Koch.
Throughout his journey, she records much of the sorrow and ugliness
that accompanies Alzheimer's-along with an unexpected beauty
arising through love and faith.
As the disease progressed, Horace journeyed erratically
backwards through time. The progression through his working and
pastoring years was almost imperceptible. World War II followed,
and he lingered there for extended periods. At the same time, he
forgot his wife but not her love, and he was tormented with
uncertainties about his relationship with God. Eventually he became
like a little child and then grew as helpless as a baby. Even so,
he understood love and faith to his dying day.
Throughout his journey, the loving support that he received from
his wife, six children, grandchildren, and extended family offers a
testament to the love and faith of his family. No two Alzheimer's
stories are the same. The purpose of The Sixth Battle is not to
provide a checklist for the days after the diagnosis, but rather to
offer an account of Alzheimer's to help others prepare for their
own experience, and they experience similar situations and to share
a story of love that transcends circumstances and faith that
testifies there is more than what is seen here on this earth.
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