Sorry, I'm Sad
When her husband was diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) in June 2019 and given 6-12 months to live, Kelsie Snow avoided other people's sad stories as a rule, but as time wore on she found herself seeking them out. Snow, a former sports reporter for The Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times and St. Paul Pioneer Press, began writing about her life on her website and learned there is comfort in knowing how others have loved, lost and kept going.
Sorry, I'm Sad chronicles the Snows' story in real-time. From the desperate early days, to the hopefulness of a promising clinical trial, to heartbreaking setbacks and constant grappling with mortality, and Chris' unexpected death in September of 2023, Kelsie, along with others she has met along this path, share stories about grief, loss and the importance of hope.
Episodes
44 episodes
Love, Life, ALS
Former Canadian Football League player and Calgary Stampeder Glenn Love joins Kelsie to talk about being diagnosed with ALS at just 35 years old. Glenn, whose daughter's first birthday was the day before he was diagnosed, talks about the grief ...
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Season 5
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Episode 6
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48:49
Calculating the Cost: Willy and Glenn's Story
Fellow ALS widow Willy Grant, who lost her husband, Glenn, to the disease in November of 2024, joins Kelsie to talk about the ALS information gap, misdiagnosis, learning to accept help, the personal benefits of public vulnerability and adjustin...
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Season 5
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Episode 5
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54:02
There’s No Running From It: Dan and Kate's Story
Calgarians Dan Pubben and Kate Tuff join Kelsie to talk about their life since Dan was diagnosed with ALS in the fall of 2024 at 42 years old, about navigating this disease with their two young children, about how we respond when bad things hap...
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Season 5
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Episode 4
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1:18:14
What Are We Going To Do With It?
Heather Lucier, who lost her daughter, Jessie, to ALS in 2019, joins Kelsie for three years after they last spoke to talk about caregiving, advocacy and what we do with our grief.
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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49:37
From the Archives: Jessie's Story
In March 2018, Jessie Ravnsborg was diagnosed with ALS. She was just 35 years old. She died just before her 37th birthday. In today's episode, our second about Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID), you’ll meet Jessie through her mom, Heathe...
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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1:33:57
Present Tense
Kelsie is back with her first episode in more than a year to talk about navigating this new life since losing Chris.Donate to ALS Research through the ALS Society of Alberta.
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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49:27
The Doing is Done
Kelsie checks in almost six months after losing Chris to share how she's been doing, what the doing of death has looked like , where she's at now that the doing is done and what's next for Sorry, I'm Sad. Support Sorry, I'm Sad o...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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44:29
Into the Void
On Chris and Kelsie's 16th wedding anniversary, almost three months after Chris' death, Kelsie talks about life without her husband and best friend.
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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40:52
The Sound of Silence
Kelsie shares updates on Chris' health, what his two-week stay in the ICU in December cost him in terms of function and independence, how the Snow family is adapting to life in the last six months and why Chris is not joining her for this episo...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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57:48
Losing the Easy: Chris & Kelsie on Chris' October Health Crisis
In October Chris' disease reached a tipping point and sent the Snow family into a months-long free fall. Now, more than four months since things started spiralling out of control, Chris and Kelsie sit down to talk about what happened in October...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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1:11:57
What Remains
Kelsie is back with an update on the Snow family and to read her most recent blog post, which can be found on her website, www.kelsiesnowwrites.com.
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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21:22
An Update From Kelsie
After a tough fall season for Chris' health, Kelsie offers short update on how the Snows are doing and when Sorry, I'm Sad will be back with new episodes.
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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9:40
Chris & Kelsie: The Loneliness of Longterm Illness
In the Season Three opener, Chris and Kelsie talk about the loneliness of longterm illness, about the difficulty of watching your person grieve losses and grapple with profound sadness, about feeling isolated and alone in rooms full of people o...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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1:14:00
Q&A: Chris and Kelsie Answer Your Questions
In this season two finale, Chris and Kelsie answer questions submitted by followers on Twitter and Instagram about life, marriage, illness and work three years removed from Chris' ALS diagnosis.
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Season 2
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Episode 19
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1:06:44
Living Impossible: Steve Gleason on Radical Acceptance & Life with ALS
Steve Gleason, the former NFL safety who has been living with ALS for 11 years and been totally paralyzed for eight of those, joins Kelsie and Chris for a conversation about how he and his family are flourishing in a life most people would find...
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Season 2
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Episode 18
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1:07:55
Not According to Plan: Nicole Briscoe on Infertility and Miscarriage
Photos of ESPN SportsCenter anchor Nicole Briscoe’s family look like a dream life, but infertility and the isolation and shame it causes are an all-too-common nightmare. Nicole and her husband, professional race-car driver Ryan Briscoe, w...
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Season 2
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Episode 17
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1:25:22
What if it All Works Out: One Year Later with Sandra Abrevaya
One year after her first appearance on Sorry, I'm Sad, Sandra Abrevaya joins Kelsie to talk about her life over the last 12 months, their friendship and their husband's shared illnesses. Sandra cofounded I Am ALS and Synapticure with he...
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Season 2
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Episode 16
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1:38:35
Where We Go From Here: ICU Doctor Darren Markland on Weathering the Pandemic
The pandemic that never ends is still disrupting our daily lives and killing many, many people no matter how tired of it we are. Darren Markland is an ICU doctor at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, and has been in the ...
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Season 2
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Episode 15
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1:02:46
Aftershocks: The Fallout of a Stroke at 34 Years Old
Four years removed from her stroke, Kelsie and Chris talk about how it happened, the physical healing required in the weeks and months after her six-day hospital stay in 2018 and the emotional healing that they realize is still unresolved.
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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1:19:14
Today I Choose Joy: Jessie's Life & Death with ALS
In March 2018, Jessie Ravnsborg was diagnosed with ALS. She was just 35 years old. She died just before her 37th birthday. In today's episode, our second about Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID), you’ll meet Jessie through her mom, Heathe...
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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1:32:22
A Good Death: Ryan Leslie on His Mom’s Use of Medical Assistance in Dying
Over the course of the next two episodes you’ll hear two very different stories about two very different lives. 70-year-old Laurel and 36-year-old Jessie had no connection in life, but they both had progressive, incurable diseases that steadily...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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1:03:05
A New Normal: The Gill's Story, Part Two
In 2018, Dr. Richi Gill and his wife Raman were living the life they had worked so far for -- after the gruelling years of starting a family during Richi's surgical residency, the Gills were back in their hometown of Calgary surrounded by their...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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1:34:02
A New Normal: Richi & Raman Gill on Loving a Life They Never Imagined
By 2018, Dr. Richi Gill and his wife Raman were living the life they had worked so far for -- after the gruelling years of starting a family during Richi's surgical residency, the Gills were back in their hometown of Calgary surrounded by their...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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1:18:36
I Never Got to Hold Her: Honoring Aria, Born Sleeping
In 2017 Jeff and Jill Quigley had two little boys and were excited to add a third child to their family, but at Jill's 18-week ultrasound everything came undone. Baby Aria had cardiomyopathy -- a heart incompatible with life. For the firs...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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59:55
The Stories We Share: Nicky Elson on Her Mother's Death
On a sunny day in August 2005, Nicky Elson, along with her parents and a friend, decided to float down the Bow River, a quintessential summertime activity for Calgarians and one that changed the Elson family forever. Nicky and Kelsie talk...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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1:15:43