Gratitude: Nature or Nurture?
By nature, I have a grateful heart. As a very small child, I would lie in bed rattling off all I was thankful for before I presented my...
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ellen miller
I believe . . .
that extraordinary ordinary lives don't just happen. I believe they're divinely designed.
ellen
- Mar 3
- 2 min
Dear Newly Weds: What's the Plan?
Dear Newly Weds, What are you having for dinner tonight? Something delicious and nutritious? If so, you planned the meal, hit the grocer...
ellen
- Feb 24
- 2 min
A Love Letter to the Nearly Weds
Dear Nearly Weds, Congratulations on your impending nuptials! I write you today to share with you my thoughts on marriage. Thirty-three...
ellen
- Feb 14
- 2 min
Why Even Good Marriages (Sometimes) Fail
We’re getting a divorce. I suspect that 98% of my readers have heard those words either from their parents, their siblings, their adult...
ellen
- Feb 5
- 1 min
At a Loss for Words
I’m working on my next book; this one, fiction. The process is as intellectually stimulating as it is emotionally draining. Any writer...
ellen
- Jan 27
- 1 min
When It's Hard
Annie and I are both learning new things this week. She and I discussed our challenges and we concur: Learning new things, even when...
ellen
- Dec 31, 2022
- 1 min
Wishing You a Perfectly Imperfect 2023
Happy New Year! I hope this year brings you at least one difficulty. I know that might seem odd or even mean but I believe it’s because...
ellen
- Dec 23, 2022
- 1 min
When Someone Is Missing
This is my family. Well, most of it. Scott came down with the flu the morning of our photo shoot and due to the unfortunate timing, we...
ellen
- Dec 15, 2022
- 1 min
Temptation
Leave it. That’s not yours. That’s not good for you. You don’t need that. Annie. Leave it Our Christmas tree with its ornamental red...
ellen
- Dec 12, 2022
- 1 min
Taking Up Space
How on earth can something so small take up so much room??!! The question reverberates at every turn: the backyard is littered with dog...
ellen
- Dec 3, 2022
- 1 min
Distracted
I haven’t posted in a while because I’ve been a bit . . . distracted. I am beyond thrilled to introduce you to our newest family member,...
ellen
- Oct 14, 2022
- 2 min
Finding Our Way Back
Those who are “joyful in spirit” are not immune to heartbreak. In fact, I think those of us who are “over-indexed” with an uncanny...
ellen
- Sep 20, 2022
- 2 min
To Flourish, Again
“If a man does not master his circumstances then he is bound to be mastered by them.” Amor Towels, A Gentleman in Moscow A new school. A...
ellen
- Sep 9, 2022
- 2 min
Soul Crushing
I’ll be honest. Loneliness has occasionally flirted with me. It was never a serious courtship until one afternoon in late-March of 2020;...
ellen
- Aug 31, 2022
- 2 min
Loneliness
Invisible. Friendless. Abandoned. These are just a few words that people use to describe what it feels like to be lonely. Last week I had...
ellen
- Aug 11, 2022
- 2 min
A Close Encounter of a Different Kind
She entered my door way—all 5’11” of her— with a hair-do straight out of 1955. She was 40 years my senior and at first blush, with her...
ellen
- Aug 2, 2022
- 1 min
Contagious
I was sick. I was very sick. I had convinced myself that I had taken all the proper precautions and that I was immune. But I was wrong. I...
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