Mom with ALS: My disease will make my daughter stronger

My daughter was an energetic and fearless kid who our doctor had declared would be walking before her first birthday. It came and went, and Scarlett still wasn't toddling on two feet. To balance any concern, I would say things like, "It's not like she's going to be crawling into junior high."

Sure enough, one spring day when she was 15 months, she popped up in the backyard and marched across the grass to a host of cheers and shrieks, mainly coming from me.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/23/health/als-mom-turning-points/index.html