Thursday, April 9, 2026
Cindy here. Many thanks to Tyanne, one of Andy’s college friends for sharing the following story. The college friends are known simply as “the roommates” but sometimes I refer to them as Andy’s College Army. Whatever we call them they are a very special group of people and FFL … friends for life. Andy came into our lives during our sophomore year of college, and from the very beginning we just clicked.
Wednesday, April 8, 2026
Hello followers! I’m Rick Keffer, high school friend of Andy’s and a classmate since fifth or sixth grade. One of the many things I loved about Andy was that he wasn’t afraid to step up and lend a hand. I can think of a lot of examples but one that stands out is our quest for tickets to see the Grateful Dead in the spring of 1977. For younger folks reading this, I need to explain how the concert ticket process worked back in the day.
Tuesday, April 7, 2026
Today’s post is from Anne Marie Beckwith, a friend of Cindy’s. I have been friends with Cindy since our Motorola days and I knew back then she was not married. When we no longer worked together we kind of lost touch, as often happens. One day quite a few years ago I saw her at the Jewel in Crystal Lake with a guy. I am thinking now this was early in her relationship with Andy because it was a long time ago.
Friday, April 3, 2026
Today’s post was written by our niece, Maddie Fox. May 31st 2025 is a day that probably sticks out to a lot of readers, the day of Uncle Andy’s party at Illinois Beach Resort. That day will always live in my memory as two moments intertwined. On one hand, you have a day filled with celebration, and the other with quiet, life changing news that I wasn’t ready to share yet.
Thursday, April 2, 2026
Today’s post is from Dave Moritzen, a high school friend of Cindy’s. Good afternoon all, My name is Dave Moritzen. I live, as Cindy and Andy would say, in the Frontier of North Central Wisconsin. Cindy and I met ‘back in the day’ when we were high school classmates in Crystal Lake. We knew of each other in high school but we weren’t what I call friends. After graduation, we both went our separate ways.
Wednesday, April 1, 2026
Hello friend, family, and followers! This is Alex writing to today about something that is very special to my heart: Space! Today at 6:24pm EST is the launch of Artemis II mission, which is the first mission taking humans back towards the moon since Apollo 17 in 1972. I wasn’t there for the Apollo missions, but I know that there might be a few of you out there that remember watching it live.
Monday, March 30, 2026
Today’s post is from Cindy’s sister, Barb. Hello, and love to all of Andy’s Army! Andy always took pride in the fact that he knew all the words to the Don McLean song ‘American Pie’. All 8 1/2 minutes of it. Five years ago, at a dinner party, we put him to the test. Sure enough, he knew every single word! I captured a few minutes of him singing that night.
Sunday, March 29, 2026
Happy Sunday, everyone. Cindy here. Last Friday, March 27, was one month since Andy left us. In case you missed Nikki and Alex’s post from last Friday, here is an excerpt: We’re still thinking about Dad every day. But we’re also still thinking about ALS. About what it’s taken. So today, in a middle finger to ALS, the Andy’s Army marathon team is dedicating their runs to F ALS! Each runner is covering a route (or a loooong one) that spells out a letter emphasizing that statement and what it means for us to run the Chicago Marathon in October.
Friday, March 27, 2026
Today’s post is from Nikki and Alex Today marks one month since our dad died. One month feels like yesterday. One month feels like years ago. We had 18 months to prepare, but you’re never fully prepared. We think about Dad every day. We share texts (Cindy, Nikki, Alex, and families) about the things we wish we could tell him, the problems he would have helped us through, the funny things he would have enjoyed, and the everyday moments we would have shared.
Monday, March 23, 2026
Many thanks to today’s guest blogger, Bill Brolley. Bill is a dear friend of the entire Snarski family. Andy and I were best friends since high school, and our group was inseparable. We were so close that I could walk into his house without knocking and address his parents by their first names. A couple years, when my parents were away for Thanksgiving, Sally invited me to join their dinner, and I truly felt honored and like part of the family.
Wednesday, March 18, 2026
Today’s blog post is from Nikki: Andy’s Army is $17,000 away from raising $100,000 in 2 years. Help us reach this incredible milestone. After finding out Andy was diagnosed with ALS I found myself deep in the internet world of nonprofits, advocacy groups, foundations, medical pages, and research. And through that, I found the ALS United Chicago Marathon Team. Andy was a marathoner, a triathlete, and endurance athlete, an IRONMAN … and that spoke to me!
Tuesday, March 17, 2026
Tom, Andy, and I were constantly asked, “What was it like to be a triplet?” The easy answer was that we knew nothing different—it simply was! The spotlight was on us from the very beginning. I’m sure we underwhelmed all the curious onlookers with our singular mediocrity. One of the biggest takeaways of being Tim, Tom, and Andy is the shared birthday—every year, year after year, year after year. I don’t remember one year that we did not celebrate together… some more memorable than others, but I digress.
Monday, March 16, 2026
Good morning and happpy Monday. Andy had planned to write a blog post about the triplets. I scanned photos for the post, and he was collecting his thoughts before getting started. When the time came for him to write it he wasn’t able to type or dictate it himself. He told me he wanted his triplet brothers, Tom and Tim, to write it for him. Without hesitation, both brothers agreed.
Friday, March 13, 2026
Hello friends, family, and followers! This is Andy’s son, Alex, writing to you again today with another story about Daddio. For those of you who don’t know me that well, I was a competitive swimmer from ages 8-22. And while I’m usually pretty humble about my abilities — since I always knew people that were faster than me — in high school swimming I was basically a god among men. 😁
Thursday, March 12, 2026
Good morning. I’m Mike Havenga. It is my pleasure to be a guest blogger on Andy’s blog today. Andy wrote so many wonderful blogs for so many days, many which touched my and my wife Beth’s heart. Reading those first thing each morning was so important to us as they likely were to you too. I think we’d all agree that he was an extroverted person that everyone gravitated towards. And he was thoughtful enough to document his journey with this shitty disease so we could all get a glimpse of what it must have been like, never fully understanding what he or Cindy were going through.
Wednesday, March 11, 2026
Happy Wednesday everybody, When people ask how I’m getting along now, I tell them that it feels unreal, kind of like the past almost two years couldn’t possibly have happened. Then a little while later someone’s kind gesture or touching words or a song - especially a song - will bring the tears and the gut-punch of reality. I know what I’m feeling is “normal” and I just have to keep moving through it.
Monday, March 9, 2026
Good morning, everyone. This post is written by the eldest of the Snarski siblings - Elisabeth aka Lis. All of the followers of Andy’s blog know what an avid reader he was. He frequently wrote about how becoming immersed in a book was a way for him to forget about the shitty disease. Many of us shared our book recommendations with him and were delighted when he reported on how much he enjoyed one of our picks.
Friday, March 6, 2026
Today’s post was written by Alex on February 26, the day before Andy left us … Thank you all for reading Daddio’s blog each and every day, or at least keeping up as much as possible. My dad has the analytics turned off for this blog so we don’t actually know how many of you are out there. There are a lot of days where I have trouble opening Dad’s post because of the emotions it opens up, and I have found help in imagining every one of you readers standing beside me giving me the strength to do so.
Thursday, March 5, 2026
Hello friends, family, and followers! I’m Alex, Andy’s son, writing to you today with a story about my Daddio. Growing up with divorced parents meant that I stayed with my mom for the most part, and then lived with my dad every other weekend. While we aren’t big movie people, there were quite a few weekends where we would go see whatever movie was popular at the time - movies like Revenge of the Sith, Iron Man 1, Jason Bourne, National Treasure, and other action movies like that.
Wednesday, March 4, 2026
Happy Wednesday, everyone. And happy birthday to Nikki’s husband, Zack! Where do I start? When people ask how I’m doing I tell them I’m OK. I’m not really OK but the long answer would involve an exhausting amount of emotion and tears. So rather than go there I thought I’d tell you what we’ve been up to the past few days and our plans going forward. I’m not the writer that Andy was so bear with me.