Have you ever celebrated Thanksgiving without turkey? Maybe you don’t like the taste of America’s famous game bird, or perhaps…
Laura King Edwards
Laura King Edwards cofounded Taylor’s Tale, one of the leading forces in the fight against Batten disease. Her sister, Taylor, was diagnosed with CLN1 disease at age 7. Laura writes “The Long Sprint” to inform and inspire anyone affected by rare disease. She is a professional content writer and published author. Her memoir, “Run to the Light,” hit shelves in 2018. She is also a TEDx speaker and prolific runner. Laura earned an English degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. A native of Charlotte, she lives with her husband and son in Fort Mill, South Carolina.
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Articles by Laura King Edwards
My sister, Taylor, always loved All Hallows’ Eve. But the beginnings of blindness hampered Halloween fun almost a year…
In the terminal days of August, as summer made one last stand, I completed a couple of two-mile jogs on…
I didn’t have high expectations when I slipped into the crowd at the starting line of this month’s…
At 8:12 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 6, about three hours after the sun’s first light washes over the coast of…
I recently stumbled across a LinkedIn post by Joe Monaco, a business development manager at Motorola. But Joe’s words,…
The world expected little from my younger sister, Taylor. And why shouldn’t they? After all, her diagnosis of CLN1…
Her Light Brightened the World
Equal parts beautiful and bold, my sister, Taylor, knew how to get what she wanted, whether through earnest effort or…
Like life, Batten disease is a game of inches. Get approved for physical therapy? You may walk long after your…
I haven’t walked in 36 days, three hours, and 16 minutes. Not that I’m keeping count or anything. Since having…