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Self-Care

Self-care was a word that used to make me cringe. For a long time, I would be asked what I was doing for self-care and how I cared for...

Atlas of the Heart

I finally started Brené Brown’s Atlas of the Heart book today after far too long of hesitation. I was hesitant because I knew it would be...

The Caregiver's Dilemma

Last month, I had the privilege of chatting with Emilia Bourland, OTR, ECHM. If you are in the caregiving role or will be, I cannot...

Chicago Marathon

ALS quickly goes from “running in honor of” to “running in memory of,” but people continue to run. Today at the Chicago Marathon, in a...

HUNGRYROOT

A friend recently told me about Hungry Root, and I am excited to save some time thinking out a couple of meals and some groceries. Make...

4 Years Later. November 2017-Novemeber 2021

Life changes, people change, and the world is forever moving. A concept that seems so easy to understand until you find yourself in a...

Remembering Your Roots

When you are a child having a last name with eight letters is a burden. The repetition of repeating it, spelling it, and correcting...

Mental Health and the family you are born in to...

Growing up as a Pripusich had more struggles than pronouncing your last name 800 times on the first day of school, especially for my dad...

30, Flirty and Thriving? More like 30..depressed and a mess

Ever since I was little, I have always been crazy about my birthday. I want the whole shebang, the whole kit, and caboodle, the whole 9...

Panic Attacks and Mantras

In August 2017, I experience my first panic attack. I have suffered from anxiety for as long as I can remember but never thought much...

Life Moments and the Brown Sweater

Do you have a go-to outfit? You always seem to pick something for a special occasion, the shirt you know fits, looks good, and you do not...

A TikTok video helped me turn my anger into ambition...

Unlike other diseases, no test can determine if a person has or does not have ALS. You do not get answers right away like in other...

From the desk of a mom reflecting on a pregnancy surrounded by ALS two years later

As Ashton’s second birthday approaches, I remember those beginning feelings of pregnancy, terrified and not for the everyday pregnancy,...

2021, Connecting, ALS and more

I've made a lot of goals for myself for 2021, and none of them are the typical Pinterest-worthy goals. This year, my main goal is to...

Grief on the random days

Lately, I've been reflecting on the holidays as Thor and Ashton's birthdays are quickly approaching, and I came to a realization about...

If you are here for the correct grammar, you are in the wrong place #itslife #ALSthoughts

If you are here for the correct grammar, you are in the wrong place #that'slife #ALSthoughts