I’m Wearing a Grief Backpack
On one of my recent daily walks, I listened to an “Office Ladies” podcast in which Jenna Fischer…
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Shifting My Mindset to Play the Game of Life
Last week, I went to the doctor to get a problem with my ear checked out. The medical assistant went…
When the End of Life Feels Imminent
We had a health scare a couple weeks ago, and I had to take our 8-year-old goldendoodle to the vet.
If Only My Husband Could Try NurOwn
Two years after my husband, Todd, was diagnosed with ALS, I read an article that gave me hope. An Israeli…
ALS Awareness Is Good, but Action Is Better
In the summer of 2014, people across the world dumped water over their heads in the ALS ice bucket challenge…
Facing Uncertainty in Life With ALS
Life is unpredictable. People get in car accidents. They have heart attacks. Tornadoes strike. I recently saw a viral…
Distracting Myself From the Pain Helps Me Cope With It
My husband, Todd, and I had our second doses of the COVID-19 vaccine last week. The side effects from…
Wanting More Than Family Screen Time
Family movie nights are great, but it’s a challenge to think of other things we can do together now that…
Spring Break With ALS Comes With Sacrifice and Love
I think a lot about how a parent’s ALS affects kids. Recently, an online friend lost her husband to ALS.
‘Why Didn’t You Tell Me I Was Happy?’
After my husband, Todd, was diagnosed with ALS, we thought he would have at most five years to live.