Gia Polo

Aug 10, 2024

**Gia’s father Carl passed away on November 29, 2022. Below is Gia’s story, submitted before her father passed away.** In life, you can count on one thing; everything can turn around in one day or even in one minute. For us, this minute was on 5.19.2021....

Alexis Harvey

Aug 10, 2024

I was a teenager when we learned that my grandmother would not survive ALS. I remember watching her move a pointer slowly toward the letters for I LOVE YOU, the last time that I saw her alive. I was a teenager when we learned that my grandmother would not survive ALS....

Selena Castro

Aug 10, 2024

Our story, like many, has no known cause. My dad was diagnosed with ALS in August 2018. I didn’t know exactly what it meant when my mom told me, but after looking it up and seeing the words, ‘always fatal,’ I of course broke down. My dad was one of...

Robert Sprecher

Aug 10, 2024

I lost this beautiful caring person, the love of my life, April 1, 2019 after a 15 month battle with this horrible disease. My wife of 53 years is an ALS victim. I lost this beautiful caring person, the love of my life, April 1, 2019 after a 15 month battle with this...

Karen Gordon

Aug 10, 2024

My brother passed away on July 13th 2021 at age 51. He was a courageous and brilliant brother and a wonderful friend. My brother passed away on July 13th 2021 at age 51. He was a courageous and brilliant brother and a wonderful friend. He had four amazing kids. He had...