Spouse Stories

Our stories give a perspective to life with Cystic Fibrosis that isn't often shared. Told from the spouse's perspective, the reader gets a glimpse into what life is like like as CF Spouse.

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Dec 2, 2018
5 min

Colleen and Andrew....

Andrew and I met during the summer of 2003. We both worked at a local theme park. Andrew had recently graduated from college and the them...

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Nov 25, 2018
4 min

Meet Nadine....

My husband, Chad and I met when we were 16 and 17 years old working at a local grocery store. He went down the checkout lane asking every...

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Nov 18, 2018
4 min

Ronda and Paul...

I met my husband, Paul, in March of 2006. We talked on the phone a week or so before meeting, but he told me right away he had CF. I knew...

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Nov 11, 2018
4 min

Meet Cody...

Where do I even begin when it comes to talking about my wife and this journey that we have been on thus far? People build their lives aro...

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Aug 29, 2018
2 min

Meet Ashley...

Every person dreams of their happily ever after. As a young child I thought about this often; I knew that one day I would meet the man of...

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Aug 29, 2018
3 min

Meet Katie...

My story is one which all CF Spouses dread. I am no longer a CF Spouse. I am a CF widow. While it is not a happy story, it is part of the...

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Aug 29, 2018
3 min

The Fighter and the Cornerman

It was January, 1998 when Rebecca told me she had cystic fibrosis. She told me right away and I pretended to know what it was. Clearly I w...

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Aug 29, 2018
3 min

Meet Jesse...

Although Ashley and I met in June of 2015, it wasn't until we told each other “I love you” and began talking about moving in together tha...

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Aug 28, 2018
4 min

Loving My Wife Was Worth Every Second...

I fell in love with my wife Kari from the very beginning. What I saw in her as beauty and grace, she viewed as imperfections -- as flaws....

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Aug 28, 2018
5 min

Meet Susie...

My name is Susie, and I've been a CF Spouse for 14 years. Brad and I met in college. We started out as friends. He was the type of guy w...

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