Elizabeth's Writing StudioHonoring loss and letting go of what no longer serves us.
Friday, July 14, 2023 we held my father’s Celebration of Life. As the oldest sisters, Julie Marie Caldwell Rundall and I shared the podium and took turns sharing the following life history of our Dad… To honor our father and his love of new technology, we had ChatGPT write his eulogy. I would highly recommend […]
Let me begin by saying that I believe honesty is important. Being honest is part of my faith, part of my upbringing, part of who I want to become and how I want to improve myself. I have a dilemma however, sometimes I hate being honest. This weekend I was invited to celebrate a brand […]
The truth is that we often feel the need to sugar coat the ugly truth. Why is this? I know I do it – sometimes to protect people I love, sometimes to protect myself, sometimes to protect a favorite illusion. Today I filled out a health survey from my new insurance company. Based on my […]
Today is my daughter’s birthday. We have had a good week together, enjoying spring break with family in Arizona where we took every opportunity to celebrate her birthday in fun and silly ways. This morning was the official day she was born and I took a few moments to reflect on that day 14 years […]
Heartsick, sick with a fever, sick of work, sick in the head, sick as a dog… So many ways to be mentally and physically not well. Everyone I know is either getting sick, being sick, getting over being sick, caring for someone who is sick or trying to avoid everyone who is sick so they […]
Pompeii Like a pumice raft, their on-screen lover’s quarrel bobs atop a current of sexual tension. Shouldn’t our blowup, if ever portrayed in film, also foretell of a steamy kiss? Yet your molten anger and flowing contempt cues only the silent eruption of my heart. Is my scriptwriter on strike? Can I request a rewrite? […]
All my life I’ve loved and read books about fantasy worlds with characters as real to me as myself. I’ve read with breathless anticipation as they’ve gone through trials and struggles, were misunderstood, overcame outrageous obstacles or prejudice and triumphed, always triumphed in the end. I know the pattern, I expect the happy ending, I […]
…the Denver area is to hailstorms what Florida is to hurricanes.
5/22/2012 ~ My firstborn child, Caleb, is preparing to go to college this fall. Graduation is right around the corner, after prom and finals and AP exams and all the other small tasks and checklist items that make up a senior year in high school. As I graduated from high school, way back when, […]
I don’t always recognize why right away, but I get a little melancholy around Easter time, a physical response initially without conscious awareness. I know it’s supposed to be a time of joy, a time of hope, a time to celebrate that our Savior was resurrected and offers us that possibility too, but the sorrow […]
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