You've probably seen a thread I've posted for a musician with ALS. Why I hate that disease

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12. Thanks highplainsde,.

That was a particularly awful year. Not only was I dealing with my mom's situation, but my farmhouse burned down in July. Lost pretty much everything. With 2 middle school kids....homeless. Rented a lake front cottage, though, so the kids had a fun summer. Mom passed in September, then I spent 5 days in the hospital getting a stent put on a blood vessel, somewhere above my nose...experienced bad nose bleeds for 2 weeks before getting the emergency surgery.

It was the most trying time of my life, but by December the family was in our new log home that has specular views out to Western Maine. Such is the way life can challenge you.....