Making Our Way

Making Our Way

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Making Our Way episodes

  • Choosing Love in the Face of a Devastating Diagnosis
    Michael Lo Sapio was an accomplished high-school and college athlete, and he’s now a teacher and coach. His life has been centered around physical ability and speed and endurance. That focus changed for him when both of his sons were diagnosed with a degenerative muscle disease – Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
    When he was faced with the heartbreak of a dad who couldn’t fix his boys, Michael was determined to build the best life possible for them. And he did it in a really unconventional way – he bought a farm! With no background in working the land or raising livestock, he figured it all out by watching YouTube videos.
    He built a life for his boys that centers on the land and nature and adventure and fun. They are living each day in the shadow of a brutal disease, but that doesn’t steal their joy and the beautiful memories they’re creating.
    Michael says that he stepped so far out of his comfort zone to create this life for his boys because he decided to embrace the moment and, in his words, to “choose love.”
    His is a story of family, and faith and love....and navigating a devastating diagnosis with grace and grit and a focus on joy.
    Check out our website for more info on Duchenne and how we’re changing the world: www.teamjoseph.org.
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    28 min
  • Welcome to Making Our Way
    In 2008, my youngest son was diagnosed with a devastating form of muscular dystrophy....Duchenne...and I had to figure out how to keep going....how to navigate through tough times, knowing that those early days were only the beginning.
    Like all the struggles in our lives, Duchenne didn’t come with an instruction manual.
    What I craved in the early days, and what I lean on most in these advanced stages – is connection....that antidote to isolation.
    I’ve learned that good conversations and real, raw stories prop us up – they are a way for us to gain strength from each other. It’s how we borrow belief when our own is faltering.
    I’ll share some of my own story, but we hear from many other people who are figuring out how to make their way. This isn’t someplace where we’ll have all the answers. But it’s a place where we can learn from each other and find kindred spirits while we’re in the middle of the journey. We’re better together.
    This podcast is a connector; a vehicle for storytelling. It’s about what do we do in the tough moments – it’s about how we navigate the unimaginable, and the regular everyday heartache. It’s about how we make our way – not around it, but right through it.
    I hope every episode will make you think and feel connection and hope. I hope you’ll find meaning in the extraordinary....AND in the ordinary.
    And I hope you’ll take even just one small bit of wisdom or happiness from every guest.
    Welcome to Making Our Way.
    4 min

About Making Our Way

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Making Our Way is a place for conversations about some of the toughest and best moments in life. The inspiration is Duchenne muscular dystrophy, but this is a show about people - and their stories. …