Tag Archive: Elsi

Honoring these women – Part 2

This blog is about women sharing their stories on life after divorce to support other women who are facing or contemplating divorce.These women come from all different backgrounds, all over the country and many of them I have not met in person. I’m honored that these women chose to share their stories through me, and…

Divorce is a grief process

Toward the end of my interview with Elsi Dodge, we talked about what helped Elsi heal from divorce. She quickly recalled a book, A Grief Observed, that she described as phenomenally helpful. It’s by author, C.S. Lewis who most of us would recognize as the creator of the Narni series. Here’s how Elsi describes the…

A Proverbs 31 woman

In my last post about Elsi Dodge, Elsi shared how her devotionals came to be published in the Cup of Comfort books. Like so many things in life, this lead to a bigger opportunity, one that had a special reward for Elsi. Here’s Elsi, *** About two or three summers ago, I got an email…

Becoming a published writer

In the post What does God think of divorce, I introduced Elsi Dodge as a published author. Although she’s been a writer for a long time, becoming published is a relatively recent accomplishment. She got her big break when she went to her first Christian writing conference. Here’s how she tells it. *** I’m a…

Learning to be flexible

Continuing my series about Elsi Dodge, when she shared that she takes off for the summers in her RV, I felt sure there had to be some life lessons there. She told me about her very first trip – it was hard to forget because by the time she got to the campground her shoulders…