The Waiting Game: Social Security

(Editor’s Note: BEST is re-running BEST guest blogger Isaac Peterson’s piece on playing the waiting game with the social security office. This article originally ran in December 2017–Isaac shares his latest update for January 2018 below). Boy, was I ever happy when I was released from my month-long stay in the hospital after my stroke last (more…)

Local Couple Superheroes to Special Needs Animals

Alice Fenske and her husband, Andy, are real-life superheroes to local animals that need them the most. The Fenske’s own and operate the Gentle Paws Hospice and Sanctuary in Grays Harbor County in Washington State. Gentle Paws provides love, support and care for special needs and senior dogs and cats. Gentle Paws also support the (more…)

A Stroke Ain’t No Joke

Pretty much every day, it seems someone is telling me how remarkable or phenomenal my progress since my stroke is. And it seems every time I start feeling good about my progress, something happens that sets me back a step or two. The latest thing was a seizure, just to remind me that even a (more…)