University Honors

Keep Moving Forward is a heartfelt personal account of a college student navigating the complexities of caregiving, life, and loss. It details the journey leading up to the passing of his father from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, a progressive and fatal neurodegenerative disease. This is intended to be a work of creative fiction, a mix of a how-to guide mashed with an abbreviated memoir. The author defies clear categorization of the nature of his book. Keep Moving Forward is a blend of a bildungsroman of a young man from his high school years to his graduation, a firsthand how-to, and a memoir that offers a realistic perspective on grief and living. He aims for a conversational tone, intending the book to sound more like just having conversations with a friend. Given the author’s age, he hopes to speak to children and teenagers encountering similar struggles with family death and adults with established identities.