My Life. My Story.
Still Serving.

Welcome to David's ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) Blog for Awareness of ALS Disease (Lou Gehrig). I am so happy you found me! Let me take you on a journey into my life and how living to my fullest has filled my DASH.

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My DASH? What do you mean? Everyone is born and dies on a certain date, but it is what you do with the (--) in the middle that determines who you were in this life. When I was a young man, I did not care about what I did with my dash. You either liked me or you didn't. I did what I wanted, when I wanted, and how I wanted, without really caring about the results.

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Eventually, I joined the Army as a Military Policeman. Serving my country for 21 years was an honor and on my way I learned about my "dash." No longer did I believe in “like me or not." I cared what people thought about me. I wanted to be a great dad - "good" was not enough. I wanted to be a great Soldier and I wanted to give back to others and my communities. Most importantly, I wanted to be a great husband. After all, I tried being a husband the other way twice before and failed. I don’t blame anyone but myself for that. It’s too easy to say someone else is the reason for a bad marriage or relationship, but the truth is you need to look in the mirror at where you failed. Its to easy to walk on by and do nothing - that takes no effort at all.

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You want to know what’s hard?

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Doing the work. Caring for others. Giving to your communities. Taking you kids to practice (even though you already put in a full day’s work). Saying, "I am sorry, I was wrong" to your spouse.

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THAT'S the hard stuff, and only when you start doing those things is when you start filling in your DASH.

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In this ALS blog, I am going to share with you my ALS story and how it has became my mission to teach others about ALS Condition/ALS Syndrome, ALSFRS-R, Types of ALS, etc. Along the way, I will share stories about me and my life and how I am living with ALS and only so much time left... but also how I filled my bucket so full that you won’t see the "born" and "died" dates, rather ALL of the stuff in between that filled my DASH.