Bill is a carpenter by trade and has always loved the outdoors. Fishing, camping and travelling have always been high on his list. We spent a ton of weekends with our four kids quadding in the mountains or fishing the riverbanks. Bill and I started travelling in 2005 and have always tried to get a trip in every year.

Bill was diagnosed April 6,2020 - right at the beginning of Covid. The time in his life when it's so important to spend time with family and do everything on " your bucket list". We had planned to renew our wedding vows that September and go to Hawaii for a second honeymoon, but Covid SHUT IT DOWN. As ALS progressed - as did Covid .

We became very discouraged. By the summer of 2021, ALS took Bill’s ability to walk, feed himself or do any of his daily care needs. It was then that we decided that no matter what, we had to get it done. Time was not on our side.

After 35 years of marriage we renewed our wedding vows on July 3,2021. The theme of the wedding was “Moments and Memories". We knew we wouldn't be able to rebook the condo in Hawaii as it was not wheelchair accessible, so we started looking into every all-inclusive resort in Mexico, a place that we have loved for years.

We faced so many hurdles with equipment, timing, and treatments needing to be done, but it finally all came together in September of 2021. With help from family, friends and the ALS Society we were set to go.

The trip was the best gift we could have asked for, as it gave us both a chance to have some normalcy back in our lives. We spent our days at the pool where Bill could stand alone for the first time in months with no support. We dressed up for dinner every night. We smelled more flowers and enjoyed more sunrises than ever before. As stressful and as hard as it was to get it all put together it was the best thing we could have done. Bill and I got to step back and " be ok" even if it was for just a little while. It's all about the Moments & Memories…

Angel Redisky