Determined. Devoted. Deserving. Viva Babe Lara will leave an imprint on your heart. 💕 Please join us in celebrating Lara as our latest ‘It’s Not About the Bag’ honoree. 🌟⠀
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Lara is a military caregiver and an advocate for veterans with service-connected illnesses. 🇺🇸 This is not a path that she chose as her life-calling, but rather one she discovered as the wife of Tom, the love of her life, and an Air Force veteran with service-connected ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis). ALS, commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a terminal disease that destroys motor neurons and patients in the later stages of the disease may become totally paralyzed.⠀
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Through this devastating and heartbreaking journey, Lara has taken on learning and advocating for care and services through the VA, not just for Tom, but for all veterans with ALS. 👼 As a military caregiver, Lara was selected as an Elizabeth Dole Foundation (EDF) Fellow this February (we love that our Echo Sling photobombed the pic with Lara and Elizabeth Dole! 📷). From Lara’s own words on The Elizabeth Dole Foundation website, “Being a military caregiver to my husband with ALS means doing everything I can to ensure he has a quality of life worth living and letting him know that my love for him is greater than my fear of this disease.”💟 https://hiddenheroes.org/story/lara-garey/⠀
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Lara is a pillar of positivity as she continues to spread awareness and fight for funding. 💪A true Viva Babe, Lara also shares, “I try and Live in Color as much as I can as I care for my husband with a terminal disease. It's the little things now that make me happy.”🌈⠀
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Lara, we are so in awe of your courage, strength, and tenacity and we admire you for leading the charge and living in the moment. 🦄 To learn more, please read Lara’s blog, https://tomstroops.com/⠀
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Nominate someone who inspires you today! Go to: https://consuelastyle.com/pages/its-not-about-the-bag/⠀
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