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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...

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...

"your brokenness is welcome here" Jordan Lee Dooley

Remember the fun and exhilarating feeling of doing something first as a child? I can still remember the first time I heard my brother...

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...

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