Mom Friends
Mom Friends By Elisa Morgan When I became a mom, I had no idea who I was. Oh, I had known who I was - in the months and years before...
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- Aug 29, 2017
A Glossary for Grief
A Glossary for Grief By Elisa Morgan There is no specific word in the English language to describe a parent who has lost a child. A wife...
- Aug 1, 2017
Who Knew?
Who Knew? By Elisa Morgan Who knew that some forty-five years ago in a high school English class, I'd pull out a spiral notebook and...
- Jun 13, 2017
Friendable?
Friendable? By Elisa Morgan WANTED: Female Friend. Age: Less (as in age-less). Location: Present. Availability: When needed. Skills:...
- May 9, 2017
When Life Falls Apart at the Seems
When Life Falls Apart at the Seems By Elisa Morgan Seems like I always pick the slowest checkout line. Seems like people I do favors for...
- Apr 11, 2017
Eye-Openers
Eye-Openers By Elisa Morgan In this week before Easter, traditionally titled "Holy Week," many of us will journey through Jesus' final...
- Mar 28, 2017
Shame-Less
Shame-Less By Elisa Morgan Many of us - most of us? - are well-acquainted with shame. We wear shame as our second skin. It's the...
- Feb 7, 2017
A Tuesday Morning Lament
"Lament is a cry of belief in a good God, a God who has His ear to our hearts, a God who transfigures the ugly into beauty." Ann Voskamp,...
- Jan 24, 2017
Friendship Soup
Friendship Soup By Elisa Morgan It was a Monday I think. An appointment made on the calendar one month prior. A monthly meeting. Because...
- Dec 27, 2016
Christmas Isn't Over
Christmas Isn't Over By Elisa Morgan Is your tree still up? Your lights still a twinkling? The carols still a playing? This is the week...
- Dec 20, 2016
Christmas Changes Everything
Christmas Changes Everything By Elisa Morgan When did Christmas become Christmas to you? When did it become more than Santa and stockings...
- Nov 21, 2016
Bridle Bouquet
Bridle Bouquet By Elisa Morgan My dogs whined and paced at the back deck door, alerting me that someone - or something - was approaching...
- Oct 25, 2016
The Bridge
The Bridge By Elisa Morgan Distant. Remote. Far away. Abandoned. Alone. There are times when I feel far away from God. A chasm of...
- Sep 27, 2016
Surround Sound
Surround Sound By Elisa Morgan It was a normal Saturday evening at church. We stood and sang and sat and listened and stood to sing...
- Aug 30, 2016
Long Live the Book Readers!
Long Live the Book Readers! By Elisa Morgan People who read books live longer than people who don't. It's true! A recent study by Yale...
- Jul 19, 2016
A Door Ajar
A Door Ajar By Elisa Morgan There it stands: a door ajar. It's open, but not. It's closed, but not. I push to open it, testing the...
- May 24, 2016
Shame-Less
Shame-Less By Elisa Morgan Many of us - most of us? - are well-acquainted with shame. We wear shame as our second skin. It's the...
- May 8, 2016
For This Child I Prayed
Twenty years ago, in 1996, I wrote an essay in a little book entitled Mom to Mom: Confessions of a Mother Inferior. Today it is as true...
- Apr 12, 2016
Bear Hug
Bear originally arrived at our house as a gift for my first grandson. A heaping helping of pure love and joy. First, he perched on the...
- Mar 22, 2016
One Me and One You Equals More Than One
One of my life messages is SDWSC (She Did What She Could) from Mark 14:8 where Jesus said of Mary of Bethany's anointing of him, "She has...
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