Former Canadian Football League player and Calgary Stampeder Glenn Love joins Kelsie to talk about being diagnosed with ALS at just 35 years old. Glenn, whose daughter's first birthday was the day before he was diagnosed, talks about the grief that comes with being a young parent with ALS and about the responsibility he thinks the CFL has to educate players about the potential dangers of repeated hits to the head. Support the show
Sep 18, 2025
48 min
Fellow ALS widow Willy Grant, who lost her husband, Glenn, to the disease in November of 2024, joins Kelsie to talk about the ALS information gap, misdiagnosis, learning to accept help, the personal benefits of public vulnerability and adjusting to life on the other side of loss. Donate to the ALS Society of Alberta here. Support the show
Jun 30, 2025
54 min
Calgarians Dan Pubben and Kate Tuff join Kelsie to talk about their life since Dan was diagnosed with ALS in the fall of 2024 at 42 years old, about navigating this disease with their two young children, about how we respond when bad things happen and about the reality of living in the hopefully many years between diagnosis and -- what remains an inevitability with this disease -- death. Support Dan and Kate here. Support the ALS Society of Alberta here. Support the show
Jun 26, 2025
1 hr 18 min
Heather Lucier, who lost her daughter, Jessie, to ALS in 2019, joins Kelsie for three years after they last spoke to talk about caregiving, advocacy and what we do with our grief. Compass for Caregivers Compass for the ALS Caregiver Donate to the ALS Society of Alberta Support the show
Jun 23, 2025
49 min
In March 2018, Jessie Ravnsborg was diagnosed with ALS. She was just 35 years old. She died just before her 37th birthday. In today's episode, our second about Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID), you’ll meet Jessie through her mom, Heather Lucier. This is a story about choosing joy, about wringing out all the good from life that you can for as long as you can and, when the joy can no longer compete with the darkness of a most insidious disease, choosing to say goodbye. It's about facing...
Jun 20, 2025
1 hr 33 min
Kelsie is back with her first episode in more than a year to talk about navigating this new life since losing Chris. Donate to ALS Research through the ALS Society of Alberta. Support the show
Jun 18, 2025
49 min
Kelsie checks in almost six months after losing Chris to share how she's been doing, what the doing of death has looked like , where she's at now that the doing is done and what's next for Sorry, I'm Sad. Support Sorry, I'm Sad on Patreon: www.patreon.com/kelsiesnowShare your own stories of grief, loss and the importance of hope with Kelsie by emailing [email protected] Kelsie's new Instagram page to see what she is reading @kelsiesreads.Support the Show.
Mar 7, 2024
44 min
On Chris and Kelsie's 16th wedding anniversary, almost three months after Chris' death, Kelsie talks about life without her husband and best friend. Support the Show.
Dec 15, 2023
40 min
Kelsie shares updates on Chris' health, what his two-week stay in the ICU in December cost him in terms of function and independence, how the Snow family is adapting to life in the last six months and why Chris is not joining her for this episode.Support the Show.
Jun 13, 2023
57 min
In October Chris' disease reached a tipping point and sent the Snow family into a months-long free fall. Now, more than four months since things started spiralling out of control, Chris and Kelsie sit down to talk about what happened in October, about losses of function that started to turn the tide of how their family works and about the trauma of repeated medical emergencies.Support the Show.
Feb 23, 2023
1 hr 11 min
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