‘I’m Not Going to Live With Dementia; Dementia Is Going to Live With Me’

The Rev. Carolyn Habersham in the living room of her South Los Angeles home. All photos by Isabel Avila.

In September, the Rev. Carolyn Habersham began to notice things misplaced or missing around her home. Her debit and credit cards ended up in her make up box. Then her make up kit disappeared. One day she was cooking and went to get her phone. She forgot why she needed her phone. And she forgot about the food on the stove.

“It traumatized me when I walked into the kitchen and there’s a pot I completely forgot about,” said Habersham. “It shook me to my core.”