Lara Garey comforts her husband Tom in 2019. Tom served in the Air Force from 1989-1996 and was diagnosed with service related ALS in 2016. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, Lara Garey's daily responsibilities as her husband's primary caregiver left little time for her to focus on anything else. Garey's husband Tom is an Air Force veteran who was diagnosed in 2016 with service-related ALS. Though Lara relied on support from family and friends near their Austin, Texas home, some days felt overwhelming. "Caregiving for me, because of Tom's high level disability, is, 'Am I going to get a shower today? Am I going to get to sit down and actually drink a hot cup of coffee?'" she said.