Wow. I just finished the most amazing book. I’m eager to share it with Liliana when she’s old enough. I think this would become one of those books that acts as Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret did for teenaged girls way back when. What a relief, what a revelation–when you realize that someone […]
Revisions–What To Do When You Don’t Want To Do Them
Fanfare, please! Ta-da! We have two winners of John Jodzio’s signed short story collection, If You Lived Here You’d Already Be Home. They are, in no official order: Dani Rice & Jess [If the two of you would e-mail me at comment4elissa at gmail dot com (or FB me) with your address, I’ll gladly mail […]
The Book of Awesome
Collin and Abigail, two Indiana University students, started following Neil Pasricha’s 1000 Awesome Things blog each morning, remarking over the fun (and truth) of the Awesome Thing for that day. When it came time for Valentine’s Day, Collin thought he’d put a little video together for Abigail, with him singing along. Very sweet. Check out […]
Reading Out Loud
This lovely (and heart-pulling) post by Andrea at Book Scout reminded me of the value of reading out loud. Not that I need a lot of reminding… Have you read the post yet? That first story of a father reading to his son over the phone is killer. Here at the Elliott house, we’ve been […]
Miracles
My sister Worthy sent this to me at the beginning of the week–“Make Believe” by The Burned. I can’t stop listening to it. Haunting, achy–it’s a cry against the arbitrariness of life, I think–and an observation that we are responsible. Which we are. Our decisions, our attitudes, our actions–all determine our path. And to a […]