Author Archives: Halsey Blocher

One night, I was woken by a beeping noise. That’s not altogether unusual, because alarms from my medical equipment occasionally sound throughout the night. I’m so accustomed to it that my mind sometimes incorporates the sound into my dreams…

Have you ever solved the world’s problems? I have. Well, sort of. That’s what we say we’re doing when Mom and I get together for coffee with our friend Connie Chandler, a fellow SMA…

Today is my 28th birthday! As anyone in the SMA community knows, age is not a privilege guaranteed to those of us living with the disease, so every birthday — and every individual day —…

I’ve long dreamed of visiting the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta to see their famed whale sharks. Something about the gigantic yet peaceful sea creatures tugs at my soul in a way that made me crave seeing them…

It surprised me to open my email one night to find a message from my colleague Michael Morale. Well, it wasn’t really from Michael. It was from his Otter, a virtual assistant that had attended a company meeting…