Sharon began exhibiting symptoms in 2000. Her condition worsened over the following years. Driving was the first big loss, followed not long after by the inability to walk, dress, bathe and feed herself. Swallowing became a challenge. We bought a wheelchair lift equipped van and hired full time help at home so I could continue to work and maintain some normalcy in our lives. But we were blessed as Sharon didn’t spend a day in the hospital. We continued to RV (during the first few years), do other road trips, eat out, and go to church. Sharon lived graciously until 2006 when she left our world from her favorite chair with our sons Rick and Alex and me holding her hands.