Columns

August 26, 2020August 24, 2020

Finding Sweetness in the Eye of the Storm

Columns, Notes From the ALS Front - a Column by Rick Jobus

Just like Lionel Barrymore as James Temple in “Key Largo“ and Gary Sinise as Lt. Dan Taylor in “Forrest Gump,” I survived a hurricane wheelchair-bound. Unlike the original works ... Read more

August 25, 2020August 21, 2020

Getting Back to the Basics of Mindfulness

Columns, Living Well with ALS - a column by Dagmar Munn

Recently, I noticed I was having problems keeping track of time. Not clock time, as in being a little early or showing up too late. But calendar time — ... Read more

August 20, 2020August 17, 2020

Taking Care of Unfinished Business

Columns, Joyful Sorrow - a Column by Kristin Neva

“That’s the one project I wish I could have finished,” my husband, Todd, said while looking out a window at Comet’s doghouse. He had expressed similar sentiment on other ... Read more

August 19, 2020August 17, 2020

Learning to Cherish a Room With a View

Columns, Notes From the ALS Front - a Column by Rick Jobus

Last week, I ended this column with a tongue-in-cheek inference that in deference to an improbable ALS curse befalling me, I would not share two near-disaster experiences anytime soon. ... Read more

August 18, 2020August 14, 2020

3 New Ways to Stay Energized

Columns, Living Well with ALS - a column by Dagmar Munn

What a long, crazy summer it’s been, as we’re living with minimal social interaction and long periods of isolation. Parts of our lives have changed without our consent, and ... Read more

August 13, 2020August 11, 2020

Just Showing Up Is an Accomplishment

Columns, Joyful Sorrow - a Column by Kristin Neva

Years before my husband was diagnosed with ALS, I coordinated a tutoring program in Milwaukee. Many of the children and teens I worked with lived with stress and instability ... Read more

August 12, 2020August 10, 2020

Is It a Jinx or a Sphinx?

Columns, Notes From the ALS Front - a Column by Rick Jobus

“You don’t tug on Superman’s cape, You don’t spit into the wind, You don’t pull the mask off the old Lone Ranger, And you don’t mess around with Jim.” ... Read more

August 6, 2020August 3, 2020

Train Your Eyes to Find the Light

Columns, Joyful Sorrow - a Column by Kristin Neva

Weeks after my husband’s ALS diagnosis, we were still in shock, but we mustered ourselves for a family outing on my 33rd birthday. We planned the day around our ... Read more

August 5, 2020August 6, 2020

Navigating an Uncertain (Lega) Sea

Columns, Notes From the ALS Front - a Column by Rick Jobus

“The world will little note, nor long remember …”  These words of Abraham Lincoln were his prediction that the speech containing them would have no permanence. Ironically, the Gettysburg ... Read more

August 4, 2020August 5, 2020

Taming My Runaway Thinking

Columns, Living Well with ALS - a column by Dagmar Munn

Racing thoughts, runaway thoughts. Whatever you call ’em, I caught ’em. Yup, a case of full-blown, out-of-control, runaway thoughts. I hadn’t had them for years — not since the ... Read more