Today I ran into two different items in the news about ALS. Since it’s ALS Awareness month, I want to share them. The first, was about a set of radio dj’s with whom I am (thankfully) unfamiliar who said some unbelievably insensitive things about Stephen Hawking’s condition. If you are […]
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At this stage of the story…
We all have a story with pages and plot lines, and few of us know exactly where we are on the timeline of our lives at any given moment. Last night I was thinking about this particular stage in our story. We’re a little more than a year into Steve’s […]
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I haven’t had much time for writing this week, but I loved this beauty from Psalm 84 this morning: Psalm 84:5-6 Happy are the people whose strength is in You, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage. As they pass through the Valley of Baca (weeping), they make it a […]
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On Monday, Steve and I head off once again to see his doctor in Portland. This visit is his very first ALS Clinic (not to be confused with “clinicals”, which he decided against doing). The clinic is a four-hour appointment that involves many flavors of therapists, social workers and doctors. […]
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Today I find myself on that uncertain-but-beautiful ground where I’m overflowing with words and yet I have none that seem to get the job done. I think it’s commonly known as: speechless. Yesterday, I tossed a post out there, hoping for twenty people to join Team Stern’s efforts to […]
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