Support Our Mom’s Journey

This isn’t an easy post to write, but our family is at a point where we need to reach out and ask for support in a way that honours our mom and the strength she has shown through it all.

A few years ago, she was diagnosed with multiple autoimmune diseases (Rheumatoid Arthritis, Sjögren's, Fibromyalgia, just to name a few). Anyone who knows her knows the kind of person she is — steady, resilient, and never one to complain. She kept working, kept pushing forward, and did everything she could to stay on top of her health, while she could.

But over time, her body has simply taken too many knocks.
She can no longer work.
Her energy is low, the pain comes and goes in waves, and some days are harder than others.

And for us, watching someone you love slowly lose the strength they once had — it changes you.

She receives care through the provincial system and sees a specialist every few months, but her symptoms have progressed to a point where we know she needs a private specialist’s opinion and updated tests. Not because the public system isn’t trying, but bec...