I write because…
I write because I want to offer hope, courage, and community to those reading my words. My humble gift presented in the way of words. I write because I don’t want the hurting, struggling, or broken to think that they are alone in this journey of life. I write...
Writing prompt summer challenge
Summer can be a difficult time to get focused on writing and blogging. Schedules change, vacations are planned, and so much can happen so quickly. Sometimes, it helps to have a little challenge. So join the writing prompt summer challenge and get writing and blogging...
When so much happens so quickly and you have to take a step back
I feel like a circus performer trying to juggle more balls than I can keep up in the air. It is a matter of time before I drop one, two, three, or all of them! It happens almost every year (usually in the summer, maybe because the kids are home from school and I have...
Writing prompt one year celebration
My blog just turned one, which means it is the writing prompt one year celebration link-up! Every week I posted a writing prompt. You shared your stories, stories of loss, heartache, hardships, celebration, or transformation. It has been a privilege to share in your...
First blogoversary!
It’s a happy first blogoversary day! Thank you for being supportive, for your encouraging comments and words of affirmation, for letting me share stories, and thank you for sharing your stories through the writing prompt, through emails, or through Facebook. I...
Ellen Stumbo writes and speaks about finding beauty in brokenness with gritty honesty and openness. She's passionate about sharing the real – sometimes beautiful and sometimes ugly – aspects of faith, parenting, special needs, and adoption. Ellen’s writing has appeared on Focus on the Family, LifeWay, MomSense, Not Alone, Mamapedia and the Huffington Post.