I started writing life stories because I was painfully aware that Alzheimers was stealing my dad’s memories. As I missed out recording my dad’s stories, I wasn’t going to make the same mistake with my mum. We sat down and she told me her life stories. What I hadn’t expected was that by writing a life story for my mum, it would be very helpful for her when she was also diagnosed with the cruel disease. We named her book Lucky Charm. Her father had been very ill, but when he discovered his wife Mary was going to have to their second child, he was determined to be around to…