The Memory of All That

Mary MacCracken and her husband Cal felt blessed to have a deep and loving marriage and two successful careers. They were living a life of true happiness when Mary and others around Cal began to notice that his memory was declining. Receiving a devastating diagnosis of Alzheimers, Mary and Cal committed to see it through together. But to keep that promise, ultimately Mary had to make tough decisions for Cal when he was no longer able to make them for himself. Finishing their love story would fall more heavily on her. Seeing him through to his death was such a remarkable part of their love story that she then spent the last 10 years of her own life capturing their story in her memoir, The Memory of All That.