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About Debbie Jorde

Hi! I’m Debbie, the founder of debbiejorde.com. As a writer, speaker, and author of Eight Fingers and Eight Toes, I share my story of accepting and overcoming challenges from raising two children with rare and severe disabilities. While overcoming the challenges of MS, I continue to learn, teach and inspire others. Learn more about Debbie

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Heather Madsen’s Celebration of Life. Watch Full Event!

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Thank you for visiting our website to watch the Celebration of Life for my daughter, Heather Madsen! Heather’s step-father, Lynn Jorde, wrote this beautiful tribute to Heather. We appreciate everything Lynn has done, and still does, for our family. Heather loved him dearly. Heather Madsen’s life was both unusual and extraordinary. It was unusual because […]

VLOG: Mom & Son Discuss The Human Condition & Accepting Challenges

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  The characteristics and key events that make up the essentials of human existence, including birth, emotion, aspiration, conflict, challenges, growth, and mortality, are called the human condition. Facing, overcoming, and accepting challenges are part of everyone’s life. These are the experiences my son, Logan Madsen, and I will discuss in our new Mom and Son vlog on […]

How and When Was I Diagnosed With MS?

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“That only happens to other people.” How often have you thought these words?  I thought these exact words many times before my daughter, Heather, was born with multiple, visible disabilities in 1977. I was 21 years old. After that life-changing event, I started thinking, “Anything can happen to me just as much as anyone else.” Something else […]