Finally… I’m fairly certain “start a blog” has been a New Year’s resolution for the past 10 years. I love learning from other blogs and have always thought it would be a fantastic way to chronicle our life and all of its adventures.

So chronicle our adventures I will!  But for a different reason.  This past year, at the age of 36 (with a 7-month old and 3-year old), I was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS.   Also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, it is a progressive and fatal neuromuscular disease.

Although we were obviously devastated and overwhelmed by this diagnosis, we were equally brought to our knees by the outpouring of love and support from those around us. Hence the name of the blog. Life handed us a super-sized turd sandwich, but a healthy side order of glitter – so much love, generosity and goodness of humanity.  So when I am no longer here to tell the story, (let’s shoot for sixty years) I want our boys to be able to reflect back on all the wonderful times we shared.  I want to highlight the tremendous amount of love and “glitter” showered upon us and drown out the tears and heartache.

I intend to document our adventures, daily life happenings and glitter showers, but will sprinkle in reality as needed.  I have a lot to say, so hang on to your hats…

Thanks for reading along.

Love,

Rachel