From Hopeless Grief to Heavenly Hope: Brittni Lamb on Surrender, Faith, and Raising a Son with Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia SPG3A

Once Upon A Gene · Apr 2, 2026 · 30m

Episode Description: In this warm and deeply honest conversation, I sit down with my sweet friend Brittni Lamb — a sunshine-loving mama in Arizona raising two daughters and her adorable son Jameson, who has the ultra-rare Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia SPG3A.

Brittni shares the raw season after Jameson’s diagnosis when grief, loneliness, and hopelessness felt all-consuming. She talks about crying herself to sleep, walking through the days in a fog, and the heavy mom guilt she carried. Then she opens up about the slow, beautiful healing that came through daily surrender, faith, weight training…