I've written the first post for this blog about a million times and each version sounded stuffy and formal and depressing. Yuck. So, I'm going to stop thinking so much and just write.
Welcome to our blog. To be honest, I'm pissed we even have one - but
more so for the reason than the blog itself.
My mom was diagnosed with ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease) on December
1, 2015 after almost a year of symptoms including muscle weakness and loss of
muscle control. The diagnosis was a brutal blow to all of us - there's just no
other way to put it. While we each have our days where the sadness, anger, and
"why her?" feelings run the show, we also have days where we laugh so
hard we wet our pants and we love so much we think our hearts might burst.
This blog is debuting as an avenue for us to share updates on mom,
to celebrate the silver linings we are finding, to get support from our amazing
circle on bad days, and to share information on raising awareness and funding
for this disease. You will see posts from mom, dad, Phoebe, Todd, me (Catron),
Wyatt, and who knows who else. Please bear with us as we work through this
whole blogging thing - we're the opposite of experts on this stuff!
Stay tuned to hear the story behind Team23+.
If you'd like to help, please check out the "Walk for Marilyn" tab at the top of this blog for information on 2 upcoming ALS walks in North Carolina.
If you'd like to help, please check out the "Walk for Marilyn" tab at the top of this blog for information on 2 upcoming ALS walks in North Carolina.
If you want to check in on mom, texting or email is the best. She also
loves a good snail mail card. If you need any of that information, let me know
and I'll pass it along.
In closing, we know that this sucks. We know it's sad. We know
it's unfair. We also know that it has pushed us to put more life, love,
laughter, and bacon into our lives. We plan to keep doing that and we hope you'll join us!
Thanks in advance for all of your love and support.
Peace outside-
Catron
