Category Archives: Caregiver In Chief

Caregiver in Chief was an unexpected role. Many years ago serious illness hit my husband hard. I was slow to come to the realization I was his caregiver. June 2010 ALS was added to the list of grievances against his body. Caregiver in Chief. It is more of who I am than not these days – it is the nature of the beast of this disease. Sharing in the blog is meant to enlighten, give insight, help others, and brighten the readers day once in a while. Carry on.

Every day I see this guy give it all he’s got. He is incredibly inspiring. So much so, I embarked on a health and fitness journey two years ago today. I was way past the category of a healthy BMI. In fact, I was considered obese. At the rate I was going I would end […]

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The month of May is ALS Awareness Month. It is also the month  Military Caregiver are recognized. Veterans are twice as likely to get ALS than non-veterans. Tom is a veteran of the Marine Corps. He served from 1972-1975. He was diagnosed with ALS on June 21, 2010. He has a slowly progressive variant of […]

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July 10 &11, 2020 are the dates we made the last two meals of the 30 Day COVID-19 Cooking Challenge. It has taken six weeks and a few days to find time to write these last two up. They are combined into one blog piece because there is a great likelihood that it could take […]

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