Train Your Eyes to Find the Light
Weeks after my husband’s ALS diagnosis, we were still in shock, but we mustered ourselves for a family outing on…
Articles by Kristin Neva
Snapshots of Life With ALS
“Thank God I didn’t have to cough this weekend,” my husband, Todd, said after his parents left. They had been…
Searching for a New Map
“I keep pulling it out — the old map of my inner path,” Joyce Rupp writes in her poem…
Expanding World, Shrinking World
When I was a child, my elderly great-aunt Martha joined my family every Christmas Eve to participate in gift opening.
Making Mental Notes While He’s Still Here
After our second child was born — back when my husband, Todd, had an undiagnosed weak left arm — we…
Learning How to Help from 5 Phone Calls
Nine months after my husband, Todd, was diagnosed with ALS, he entered a social media contest with a $100,000 grand…
An Old Dog Teaches Me New Tricks
I found a walking buddy, and he’s teaching me how to live with my husband’s ALS. When my gym closed,…
Hanging Up the Keys and Other Tough Decisions
I thought my husband, Todd, should quit driving long before he was ready to hang up the keys. When ALS…
Caregivers Are Only Human
Ten years ago today, my husband, Todd, was diagnosed with ALS. I’m grateful that our kids have had their dad…
Applying the Science of Happiness to Caregiving
I cried buckets in the months after my husband, Todd, was diagnosed with ALS. When I met with a counselor,…