Welcome

This blog is about a new walk with my husband Rick & I since he was diagnosed with ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) or Lou Gehrig's Disease or MND (Motor Neuron Disease) on February 1, 2008.

This blog was started as a way to keep our family and friends and anyone else interested in our battle with ALS updated.
So as you read this blog please keep us in your hearts and prayers.

The blog starts from the most current to the oldest entry. Rick has started to blog now also as of April 1,2008 so this site has become officially "our blog".

My dearest husband Rick passed away on August 13, 2010,
2 1/2 yrs after diagnosis. Now I have to learn how to walk in the courage, strength and bravery that he did in fighting this disease. He promised me he would be waiting for me in eternity on a park bench. Together Forever!

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Joan here..."15 sec commercial CTV"

This pic is a pic of the Amaryllis bulb that Rick and I would plant every year for the last couple of years. He found so much joy in seeing how every year a new bloom would grow. This has just blossomed and there are other blooms that are coming up. This pic doesn't really do justice to how majestic this plant is.

Just recently I found out that they are running a 15 sec. commercial to campaign for ALS awareness on CTV Winnipeg. It actually aired today during the Oprah Winfrey Show commercials as I was talking to Rick's mom and dad. Talk about timing! Ken and Alice Simpson, Brian and Kathy Cava, and Rick and I are shown in the clip. To our great sadness and loss all three guys are gone. It is so incredible to us wives to even think they are no longer here!

I am going to try and post the link of the copy of the commercial in case you don't get to see it. www.tripwiremedia.com/client/ALS/ Allow a couple of minutes for it to buffer once you click on it.....(Click on the ALS 15 second one).