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Perspective Is a Beautiful Thing but Grief Still Sucks

The relationship I had with my dad was like no other. I loved him fiercely and would talk to him about anything and everything. He was my...

8 Years in the Making

8 years ago last week, I started working out regularly and tracking food with MyFitnessPal. I even got an anniversary email from MFP!...

The truth about losing someone you love

Not only am I losing my father to ALS, I lost my mom to cancer almost 9 years ago. Losing someone you love is like losing a piece of a...

The Price of Love

Grief is the price of love.. Think about it. Grief, in its many forms, is the loss of something that held a significant place in your...

What it Feels Like to Watch Your Parent Die

Plain and simple, watching your parent die feels like hell. Like living in hell. It feels like...

Give In? Give It All You’ve Got? The Choice Is Yours.

What do you do when you feel defeated? Life is hard. Everyone struggles. We’ve all got our own problems. But, it’s what we do when...

Kindness where you least expect it

A week or so ago I ran in to someone I haven’t seen in ages. Our paths cross (totally by accident) about once per year and we keep up...

Small Blessings

I read something yesterday.. "ALS causes friends to become strangers and strangers to become friends" I don't think this is reserved only...

I Will No Longer Lie To Make You Feel Comfortable

Now, when someone asks me how I’m doing, I will say this: I’m up and down. I’m exhausted. Or I’ll be brutally honest and say that today is a

I will no longer lie to make you feel comfortable

Living life with a sick parent (in my case, with the other one already deceased) is not something I chose for myself. Obviously, no one...