My name is Jessie. I have been living with ALS since 2017, when I was 47. My first year was pretty tame, but then my progression accelerated. I had to give up my teaching career at the end of June 2019. I haven’t given up my passion for education though, and you will probably see blog posts here about my thoughts on teaching and learning. I live with my two wonderful sons and my husband, love of my life, who learned of my diagnosis after our first date, and still wanted to get to know me.

At my wedding, October 2019