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Mindy

It’s important for me to make memories with Nanee. There’s so little time left. This feels so familiar. I take my mother’s hands in mine, try to uncurl them under the faucet. Her left hand is clawed, now permanently stuck, rigored. I don’t exactly know how to wash an...

Erica Norton

My grandmother truly led the way for me. When I was just 5 I learned the ASL phrase for “I love you.” It was taught to me by my grandmother in the hospital where she spent time before passing away from ALS. Years down the road, I became a massage therapist...
Teresa Thurtle

Teresa Thurtle

In 1989 I lost my Grandmother to ALS. 22 years later I lost my Father to the same beast. Now I and 2 of my brothers carry an ALS gene. In 1989 I lost my Grandmother to ALS. 22 years later I lost my Father to the same beast. Now I and 2 of my brothers carry an ALS...
Denise Allen

Denise Allen

She was a fighter, and I swore to keep fighting for her and for others affected by ALS. My wife and I met in 1997, started dating in 2003, and were married in the church in June 2004. My three children walked us down the aisle. Mary was diagnosed with respiratory...
Kim Cotzias

Kim Cotzias

I AM ALS means giving hope to a fight that often feels hopeless. I AM ALS means giving hope to a fight that often feels hopeless. I lost my dad to ALS in January, but movements like these keep me in the fight more than ever. I hope I live to see a day when someone...