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What is new in my life since i put BIO on the first writing about my life. My wife and I had the priviagle of hosting 25 people (brothers and sisters and my family) to our traditional Chrismas Eve dinner. My sisteer started having every one at her house and it has continued wth our taking turns. Since my mother passed away ( she always did the dinner with all family members) it seems that we do not get to see each other as much as we used to and this way we keep in touch with everyone. It is a meatless dinner. Different kinds of fish and other ethnic foods were prepared.

My older sister does bring my mothers’ favorite dishes. It was so much fun. My granddaughter plays the violin and my grandson plays the guitar with my son in law playing the keyboard. We sang Christmas songs(a little out of tune for this gang) but we had fun.

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), often referred to as “Lou Gehrig’s Disease,” is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. Motor neurons reach from the brain to the spinal cord and from the spinal cord to the muscles throughout the body. The progressive degeneration of the motor neurons in ALS eventually leads to their death. When the motor neurons die, the ability of the brain to initiate and control muscle movement is lost. With voluntary muscle action progressively affected, patients in the later stages of the disease may become totally paralyzed.

Read more: ALS – Lou Gehrig’s Disease