A Family Tradition - a Column by Carlos Briceño

I love to write, but staring at a blank screen before my fingers start to press down on the keyboard can be daunting. That’s why I appreciate my wife, Jill, collaborating with me on these columns. She’s tremendously helpful in discussing possible topics with me and making countless suggestions…

Sleep has lately been a great concern for my wife, Jill, and me. After she recently had a meltdown about realizing she’s going to die young — sadly, Jill is gene-positive for Huntington’s disease (HD) — she realized her sleep patterns were atrocious, as she’d been getting only…

Because my wife, Jill, and I live less than half an hour away from Washington, D.C., commonly listed as one of the 10 most visited cities in the United States, we like to play tourist and visit the nation’s capital on weekends as often as we can. The last time…

Recently, a reader of this column posted a comment that touched me. It also reminded me how precarious the caregiving journey can be and how important it is to learn as much as possible about Huntington’s disease (HD). Since my wife, Jill, was diagnosed as gene-positive for HD in…

Twenty minutes. I was leaving work 20 minutes later than planned, which meant I would be late to pick up my wife, Jill, at home. We had dinner plans that evening with friends, and I knew she would be a nervous wreck by the time I arrived. Being late…

Last in a series. Read part one. At the top of the list of why I can’t stand Huntington’s disease (HD) is the fact that my beloved wife, Jill, and daughter, Alexus, have it and, as a result, are going to suffer greatly. Another reason is that…

First in a two-part series. Something astounding happened recently. My wife, Jill, found someone who knows more about Huntington’s disease (HD) than she does. Because her father was gene-positive for HD, Jill saw firsthand what the disease does to a person. Many people on his side of…

Recently, I was discussing the meaning of marriage with a young couple, who told me they heard marriage can be defined three different ways: One is where both people say, “I do.” The second way is, “I do … do I?” And the third is, “I do — until I…

Last November, our daughter, Alexus, who is gene-positive for Huntington’s disease (HD), got married to a wonderful man named René. The civil ceremony took place in a restaurant in Boston. It was short, sweet, and relatively uncomplicated — exactly what the newlyweds wanted. They also wanted a…

In a previous column, I wrote about my wife, Jill, applying for the TSA PreCheck with the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA). As someone who was diagnosed as gene-positive for Huntington’s disease (HD) in 2018, she wanted to apply to ease her stress when she…