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Helen Winter LaCaze was a bright, effervescent and independent woman, recently retired from a corporate career, living life to the fullest. Who would ever expect to worry about her? Then, it began. Something was different, strange and unfamiliar in her gradual, noticeable odd behavior and withdrawal from family and friends. Becoming puzzled, then deeply concerned about the changes in her mother; Christine Fournier began the process of uncovering the mystery. Her mother's diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease took her and her mother on a journey that would change them forever. The author hopes that this account of her family's experience with Alzheimer's Disease will help others learn and cope with the "living loss" of their loved ones.

Christine Fournier is a 55-year veteran of show business. Formerly a dancer on Broadway, national tours and international performances, she has performed on regional and community stages, film, TV, and radio voice-overs. As a director-choreographer she's created staging for theater, industrial and fashion shows and was the first choreographer of Chanhassen Dinner Theater. Ms. Fournier retired from Lundstrum Performing Arts in November of 2024, where she coached actors and directed the Broadway Arts Conservatory for twenty years, as well as presented lecture/workshops regarding the work of her mentor, the late director/choreographer, Bob Fosse. In addition to this memoir, Christine has authored Broadway Gypsy Lives, six novels based on her career, and the life of a musical theatre performer, inspired by the love and support of her late husband, Paul Fournier.