So, um... Hi.

My name is Nathan Herman, and I'm a writer. No, wait – let me try that again.

My name is Nathan Herman, and I loved a woman named Ali.

Nearly 6 years ago that girl – my best friend, my wife, my everything – died unexpectedly. This blog/website/whatever is an attempt to chronicle my quest to immortalize and bring the essence of this person that I knew and loved to the world at large. Somehow I hope to finish writing and publishing a book about our lives together, both before and after our timelines converged and then once more separated. I suppose I should say a little bit about myself to give some context.

I was born with a genetic disorder known as Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type II. There are three types, and I have the second most severe one… Lucky me. If you didn't click the link, the Cliff's Notes version is that I've never been able to walk, and over the course of my life I will lose all gross motor function. Yeah, that includes the ability to breathe on my own. As it stands now at the age of 32, I can move my right thumb some as well as control my facial features, breathe, and swallow (kind of). That's about it.