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Lessons in Living While Dying
Bruce Kramer and his friend, Cathy Wurzer, also his writing and broadcast partner, record a conversation about living with ALS. Their collaboration has evolved into the End in Mind project. (Photos courtesy of Minnesota Public Radio) Speaking does no

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10 Ways to Help During a Health Crisis
CaringBridge families confirm that one of the most well-intended but unhelpful phrases heard during a health crisis is: “If you need anything, just call me.” “I appreciate the gesture, but I’m just too overwhelmed to respond,” said a Minnesota wife a

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We Know How This Ends: Living While Dying
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (also known as ALS and Lou Gehrig’s Disease) was not in the life plan of Bruce Kramer. But the former dean of the College of Education, Leadership and Counseling at the University of St. Thomas, in St. Paul, Minn., chose
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What An ALS Family REALLY Thinks About the Ice Bucket Challenge
The following post originally appeared on Bo Stern’s blog in response to the viral success of the ALS Ice Bucket challenge–a challenge that CaringBridge staff enthusiastically took on. Well, we are on week two of the very-viral very-everywhere ALS ic
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