Young Widow’s ALS Story: Faith, Love & Their Miracle Baby -2/2

About this episode

In this episode, Melanie Lang shares her journey as a young widow and discusses her late husband Tyler's battle with ALS and their daughter, highlighting their charitable efforts in his memory.

Send us Fan Mail In this second part of my chat with 33-year-old widow Melanie Lang, we talk about her & her husband Tyler’s biggest miracle, their daughter. Tyler only spent 6 weeks with his precious baby girl before he died of ALS at a young 33. Melanie’s perspective & big heart shines through as she talks about using their platform “Don’t Waste A Day” to help other families in Tyler’s memory. Her family will be raising funds to send ALS families on vacations that they ...

People in this episode

Host: Lorri Carey

Guest: Melanie Lang

Topics covered

• ALS
• grief
• parenting
• miracles
• charity
• family

Keywords

• ALS
• widow
• miracle baby
• grief
• charity
• Don’t Waste A Day
• fundraising
• family vacations

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Don’t Waste A Day

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