Sorry, I'm Sad
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Sorry, I'm Sad
When her husband was diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) in June 2019 and given 6-12 months to live, Kelsie Snow avoided other people's sad stories as a rule, but as time wore on she found herself seeking them out. Snow, a former sports reporter for The Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times...
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Love, Life, ALS
Former Canadian Football League player and Calgary Stampeder Glenn Love joins Kelsie to talk about being diagnosed with ALS at just 35 years old. Glen...
Calculating the Cost: Willy and Glenn's Story
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, mis...
There’s No Running From It: Dan and Kate's Story
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 n...
What Are We Going To Do With It?
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 a...
From the Archives: Jessie's Story
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 se...
Present Tense
Kelsie is back with her first episode in more than a year to talk about navigating this new life since losing Chris.
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Into the Void
On Chris and Kelsie's 16th wedding anniversary, almost three months after Chris' death, Kelsie talks about life without her husband and best friend. <...
The Sound of Silence
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 fam...
Losing the Easy: Chris & Kelsie on Chris' October Health Crisis
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 start...
What Remains
Kelsie is back with an update on the Snow family and to read her most recent blog post, which can be found on her website, www.kelsiesnowwrites.com. <...
An Update From Kelsie
After a tough fall season for Chris' health, Kelsie offers short update on how the Snows are doing and when Sorry, I'm Sad will be back with new episo...
Chris & Kelsie: The Loneliness of Longterm Illness
In the Season Three opener, Chris and Kelsie talk about the loneliness of longterm illness, about the difficulty of watching your person grieve losses...
Q&A: Chris and Kelsie Answer Your Questions
In this season two finale, Chris and Kelsie answer questions submitted by followers on Twitter and Instagram about life, marriage, illness and work th...
Living Impossible: Steve Gleason on Radical Acceptance & Life with ALS
Steve Gleason, the former NFL safety who has been living with ALS for 11 years and been totally paralyzed for eight of those, joins Kelsie and Chris f...
Not According to Plan: Nicole Briscoe on Infertility and Miscarriage
Photos of ESPN SportsCenter anchor Nicole Briscoe’s family look like a dream life, but infertility and the isolation and shame it causes are an all-t...
What if it All Works Out: One Year Later with Sandra Abrevaya
One year after her first appearance on Sorry, I'm Sad, Sandra Abrevaya joins Kelsie to talk about her life over the last 12 months, their friendship a...
Where We Go From Here: ICU Doctor Darren Markland on Weathering the Pandemic
The pandemic that never ends is still disrupting our daily lives and killing many, many people no matter how tired of it we are. Darren Markland is an...
Aftershocks: The Fallout of a Stroke at 34 Years Old
Four years removed from her stroke, Kelsie and Chris talk about how it happened, the physical healing required in the weeks and months after her six-d...
Today I Choose Joy: Jessie's Life & Death with ALS
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 se...
A Good Death: Ryan Leslie on His Mom’s Use of Medical Assistance in Dying
Over the course of the next two episodes you’ll hear two very different stories about two very different lives. 70-year-old Laurel and 36-year-old Jes...
A New Normal: The Gill's Story, Part Two
In 2018, Dr. Richi Gill and his wife Raman were living the life they had worked so far for -- after the gruelling years of starting a family during Ri...
A New Normal: Richi & Raman Gill on Loving a Life They Never Imagined
By 2018, Dr. Richi Gill and his wife Raman were living the life they had worked so far for -- after the gruelling years of starting a family during Ri...
I Never Got to Hold Her: Honoring Aria, Born Sleeping
In 2017 Jeff and Jill Quigley had two little boys and were excited to add a third child to their family, but at Jill's 18-week ultrasound everything...
The Stories We Share: Nicky Elson on Her Mother's Death
On a sunny day in August 2005, Nicky Elson, along with her parents and a friend, decided to float down the Bow River, a quintessential summertime act...
In Sickness: Navigating Illness in Marriage
On their 14th wedding anniversary, Chris and Kelsie talk about how Chris' ALS has impacted their marriage, how they communicate, how they parent, as w...
Sheldon Kennedy on Sexual Abuse, Healing and Affecting Change
When Sheldon Kennedy was just 14 years old his hockey coach began sexually abusing him. Terrified, ashamed and certain nobody would be believe him, Sh...
For the Love of Food: Julie Van Rosendaal on Cooking, Connection & Self Kindness
Cookbook author, journalist and radio personality Julie Van Rosendaal, founder of the wildly popular food blog Dinner With Julie, joins Kelsie for a c...
A Life Worth Living: Drew Robinson's Second Chance
Meet Drew Robinson, a 29-year-old who lives in his hometown of Las Vegas, Nevada, loves his dogs, has an infectious smile and was drafted out of high...
When Things Fall Apart: Chris Jones Talks Shattered Narratives & Hanging On
Not long after the COVID-19 pandemic began, award-winning journalist and former Esquire magazine staff writer Chris Jones started telling Friday after...
Evelyn's Story: Heather Roy on Grief, Gratitude and Every Parent's Worst Nightmare
Meet Evelyn Faye Roy, a beautiful little girl from Calgary, Alberta, who loved music and dancing and art and books and Star Wars and her friends and f...
The Losses Pile Up: From Fading Smile to Feeding Tube
Imagine realizing one day that foods you love and have always eaten easily are suddenly impossible to swallow. Imagine that a gulp of cold water ends...
42 Days to Say Goodbye: Christina Frangou
In 2013, Christina Frangou and Spencer MacLean were packing up their life in Calgary, Alberta. Spencer was just finishing up his surgical residency, a...
All the Colors Came Out: Part 2 with Kate Fagan
Emmy-award winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author Kate Fagan is back for a special bonus episode. Kelsie and Kate continue their con...
All the Colors Came Out: Author Kate Fagan on Lessons Her Dad Left Behind
Emmy-award winning journalist and New York Times best-selling author Kate Fagan joins Kelsie for a two-part series to talk about her latest book, All...
What We Leave Behind: Melanie Masterson's Life with Terminal Cancer
Five years ago, Melanie Masterson was a healthy, fit mom of three little girls. She ran behind her double stroller, did yoga, ate a plant-based diet a...
Searching for Hope, They Started a Movement: Sandra Abrevaya
In 2017, Sandra Abrevaya and Brian Wallach had it all. She was the president of Thrive Chicago, a non-profit in her hometown aimed at bettering the li...
How Our Suffering Shapes Us: Ryan Straschnitzki
When trauma comes at a young age, it doesn’t change us, it shapes us. Ryan Straschnitzki was just 18 years old and on his way to play in a playoff jun...
The Kids Will Be All Right ... Right?
When Chris was diagnosed with ALS, Kelsie and Chris' biggest concern was for the littlest people in their family. At the time, Cohen and Willa were ju...
The Bubble Bursts
When Chris started a phase-three clinical trial for a promising ALS drug, the Snows were hopeful. As the months wore on and Chris' disease didn't seem...