Huntington's is a neurodegenerative genetic disorder. 

While the disease itself does not kill those infected, complications, like choking, heart failure or pneumonia are typically the cause of death for those who suffer from HD. To this day, there is still no cure.

I'm not grateful that my family has to go through this. It's an awful thing to watch and endure.

What I am grateful for is that if Huntington's is my fate, I will know how to handle it with grace and dignity thanks to the standard that my mother and her mother have set.

I’m not going to help find a cure for Huntington's, treat ailing patients. But, what I can do for, my family and the other 30,000 families is simply bring a greater awareness to this overlooked disease.