Whats something that clearly split your life into "before" and "after"?
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Don Alaska
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Having children.
Hoot Crawford
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My condolences on the loss of your Mother to ALS. I lost my first wife to ALS in 2002. Like you mother, her ALS was accompanied by bulbar involvement, which destroys the ability to speak and to swallow. About 1 in 5 ALS patients deal with it.
As for life splitting events, I've had my share, starting with the death of my father when I was 8 years old. I was too young, of course, to understand the significance of the event at the time, but it changed everything.
I can't think of just one. There was adopting a son, which changed my life from having responsibilities for no one but myself to making sensible decisions rather than just what seemed interesting in the moment. Then I worked and identified as a paperworker for 15 years, thinking that was what I would do for a living for the rest of my life. Then, there was the switch to EMS, which focused the next twenty years of my life. Then there is marriage, a move to Maine, semi-retirement, and a near-loss of interest in doing things with other people. If I had to pick one, however, it would be adopting a son. Being a single parent at 20 was a big change, and one that affected the rest of my life.
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The fact that I didn't include that is probably why I only have the hope of salvation rather than the assurance of salvation.
I could question you about that but I won't.
Hedi Mitchell
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The best one, was marrying Mark. Changed everything for me !
On the sad side was my mothers untimely death on Valentines day 1998 (for many reasons)
The most gut wrenching and changed my thinking was my one and only sibling dying of dementia 2025
On the sad side was my mothers untimely death on Valentines day 1998 (for many reasons)
The most gut wrenching and changed my thinking was my one and only sibling dying of dementia 2025