by Ellie | Dec 26, 2014 | blog, Uncategorized
How can I describe Lee? My favorite photo speaks volumes of who he is and the joy he has brought to us. No birthing horrors with this one. Told the doctor I wanted to be awake for his birth, but first thing you know, there’s the doc by my bed, saying, “You...
by Ellie | Dec 12, 2014 | blog
I’d like you to meet daughter Rachel Brynne. She too is a special gift and is who she is because of a previous miscarriage. That child I have yet to meet, but I got Rachel from an unanticipated egg and sperm combo. She has brought much blessing to me. Rachel was...
by Ellie | Nov 28, 2014 | blog
GOT TO THINKING THE OTHER DAY about my children and what each of them evokes in me. I’ll try hard not to bore you, and I have only three, so hang in there. Eric was our test model. How does one DO children, especially babies? When I first realized I was pregnant, I...
by Ellie | Nov 14, 2014 | blog
God keeps hollering at me. Well…it’s more like enticement. Two backdrops: Eugene Peterson is always after me. In one of his books, he sketches the very beginnings of his Bible paraphrase, The Message. In the early 1980s, his congregation freaked out over the current...
by Ellie | Oct 31, 2014 | blog, Uncategorized
How many surprises can a three-day writers’ retreat produce? I wasn’t even sure why I was there. I went to Singing Hills Camp in NH, knowing just one other person. I left on hugging terms with countless others. Unexpected connections: “Are you related to Rachel? I was...
