Two People Building for Eternity

Don L. Searle (Ensign, January 2003 p. 10)

About the article

Dennis and Claudia Hiatt discuss how they have made their marriage work after Claudio was diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy.

Quotations

And there was the pain, often a constant companion. She felt it intensely in her muscles. “It was pain that went right to the bone!” There were excruciating cramps and spasms of virtually all the muscles of her body. Sometimes Claudia’s only method of dealing with it was to rock back and forth in bed or on a chair singing softly to herself, “I Need Thee Every Hour.”

“I’ve had blessings and comfort, and I know that’s why I get through this illness and disability. I know that He’s there.”