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Amy, How did you deal with your first Mother's Day without your mom? My mom passed in February and Mother's day is fast approaching and giving me anxiety thinking about it. Any advice is welcomed. Thanks Andrea

I do think of her everyday and smile. We had so much fun together and she took us on all kinds of trips. We have a full wall of pictures from all of our trips as a family. I cant help crying everyday though. I miss her and I will miss her forever. We are all so close so we are helping each...

Thank you everyone for your kind words. We made that same promise to my mom. We will never let any of our children forget or not know who she was. She wrote us all letters which is nice to have. Me and my oldest sister also wrote her letters to let her know exactly what we wanted her to know. My...

February 28, 2015 at 2am my mom lost the battle to ALS and heaven gained an angel. I feel completely broken. My mom was 56 and was diagnosed in 2012. I miss her everyday. The only thing I know is that she is no longer suffering. I know its selfish to wish she was still here because I know she...

For me, right now, Mothers Day is a little emotional. Looking for a card and everyone of them make me cry. I just don't want to make her cry. When we were on vacation, she asked me if I wanted her wedding rings and then we both could't stop crying. There is so much of my life that I'm afraid she...

Thank you Kim, I did actually take a break from here for a bit. I think there was a plan to do a trial but my dad became discouraged when he learned of the possibility of a placebo. My mom is 54. How is your dad doing? It seems like the symptoms have been getting a bit worse for my mom lately...

She is working to stay active but mostly because I think she will get depressed if she had nothing to do. I know the day will come when she can't work anymore but she wants to work for as long as she can. I'm not sure if they started any of the processes for disability or anything for that...

My mom was diagnosed last Thursday with early onset ALS. So far she is slurring her words and having problems swallowing. The other night she was laughing so hard she started to cry because she couldn't catch her breathe. My mom is one of the strongest woman I know and to see her like this is...