Last Updated May 2008

Hi and welcome to our website that is a chronicle of our journey with ALS as well as a depository of my writing that encompass a wide variety of topics on ALS that I hope you will find helpful, inspirational or just humorous.  On the list on the left you will find I have broken down these writings into easy categories that include my articles for the MDA'sQuest Magazine and their monthly ALS Newsmagazine, my columns for the St. Louis MDA Newsletters (The Raging Bear), my personal journey with ALS, my correspondence with other People with ALS (PALS)/Caregivers of ALS (CALS) on a wide variety of issues including trach ventilation, a section on my Christian faith and how it has grown and supported me during this journey and finally a section of my poetry and excerpts from the books/stories I am working on.  I hope you enjoy this website as much as I have enjoyed putting it together.

The summer, 2007, I was accepted into the University of Michigan - Dearborn's School of Management graduate school as a dual degree student (Masters in Business Administration and Masters in Finance).  My goal is to become an online professor and to utilize the financial degree in some advisory capacity especially in conjunction with my knowledge of severe disability and it's impact on a family's finances.  As I write this I am in the middle of my first semester as a full-time student, it has been both challenging, exhilarating and a welcome turn in my life's journey.  If my returning to school does nothing else, I hope it inspires others with ALS to find their own new paths in life to contribute and stay active by living with ALS.

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