“Thank God I didn’t have to cough this weekend,” my husband, Todd, said after his parents left. They had been…
Kristin Neva
Kristin Neva is an author, mother of two, and caregiver for her husband, Todd, who was diagnosed with ALS in 2010 when he was 39 years old. Knowing they would need family support, they moved to Upper Michigan and built an accessible home on property next to Kristin’s childhood home. Kristin enjoys spending time outdoors, especially on the shore of Lake Superior in the summer. Todd no longer has use of his limbs, but he stays active working on projects on his computer using adaptive technology. They try to find joy in the midst of sorrow as Todd’s health declines.
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Articles by Kristin Neva
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.
After our second child was born — back when my husband, Todd, had an undiagnosed weak left arm — we…
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,…
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…
I cried buckets in the months after my husband, Todd, was diagnosed with ALS. When I met with a counselor,…
‘Graves Are for the Living’
On Memorial Day, my mom, the kids, and I visited Lakeside Cemetery in Hancock, Michigan. My mom and…