Congratulations to writer Deborah Fries, a contributor to Penn Memory Center‘s InSight newsletter and the www.makingsenseofalzheimers.org website! Deborah has been awarded 3rd Prize in the Mütter Museum of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia’s 25th Anniversary Poetry Competition.
Deborah’s poem – “About that coupling” – reflects on the throw of the dice that gave her two copies of the ApoE4 gene, putting her at a higher risk for developing Alzheimer disease. You can read the poem here.