Article, Huntington Disease, Positive Living
For a time following my diagnosis as gene-positive for Huntington’s disease (HD), I avoided elderly people. The mere glimpse of a wrinkled hand was a reminder that I was going to develop Huntington’s someday, and that was something I was trying to forget....
Huntington Disease, Podcast, Positive Living
To listen to my performance on the Grown Up’s Read Things They Wrote as Kids, episode 227, click HERE
Article, Huntington Disease, Positive Living
I was standing backstage in a dimly lit holding area sectioned off from the audience by a heavy velvet curtain. I took a deep breath, trying to stop the trembling that was making its way through my body. Dan, the event organizer, caught my eye mid-breath and gave me...
Article, Huntington Disease, Positive Living
Every time we visit my dad, we go for a walk on the beach. On a recent cool September afternoon, the four of us wandered along the water’s edge, poking at rocks and admiring the ripples in the sand. My dad was wearing his green fleece jacket, jeans, and a pair...
Article, Huntington Disease, Infertility, Positive Living
We were standing in a line up that was hundreds of people long waiting to meet Michael J Fox, one of the stars of the “Back to the Future” trilogy of movies. All around us were adults dressed up like their favorite comic and movie characters. Having...
Adoption, Article, Family Planning, Huntington Disease, Infertility, Positive Living
I was alone in my flower shop, surrounded by a rainbow of fresh flowers and bright orange walls. The warm summer sun filtered through the floor-to-ceiling window. Despite the beauty of my surroundings, my mind was at the bottom of a deep, black pit, and I was...
