Embracing the Joyful Sadness of Life
July 31, 2019, by Kristin Neva This year for Father’s Day, I ordered a basket of gourmet caramel apples from Amy’s Candy Kitchen, a little shop in Cedarburg, Wisconsin. Amy’s…
July 31, 2019, by Kristin Neva This year for Father’s Day, I ordered a basket of gourmet caramel apples from Amy’s Candy Kitchen, a little shop in Cedarburg, Wisconsin. Amy’s…
July 16, 2019, by Kristin Neva I am by nature a fixer. After my husband, Todd, was diagnosed with ALS, I found out modern medicine didn’t provide a cure. There’s…
July 9, 2019, by Kristin Neva My world changed forever 13 years ago when I became a mom. I lay in the hospital bed with my newborn daughter’s crib next…
June 11, 2019, by Todd Neva, foreword by Kristin Neva “A weed is a plant without a purpose.” On the nine year anniversary of Todd’s diagnosis, he talks about finding…
April 18, 2019, by Kristin Neva Todd had his breathing tests this week, and it wasn’t good news—it’s never great because his breathing weakens every 6 months, but usually just…
April 8, 2019, by Kristin Neva As we journey through lent, one thing that strikes me is the human frailty woven throughout the events leading up to the crucifixion. The…
March 6, 2019, by Kristin Neva “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” That truth, which the church is called to consider on Ash Wednesday, is…
January 16, 2019, by Todd Neva A paragraph in The Princess Bride caught my eye. Before I get to that paragraph, let me explain that the book is different from…
December 10, 2018, by Kristin Neva I cried as I listened to a tribute to George H. W. Bush, realizing how much he impacted our lives. In 1990, he signed…
June 19, 2018, by Todd Neva A friend called me because her daughters were distraught with all the damage in the Keweenaw, and she was struggling to answer their question.…