by Ellen | Apr 9, 2018 | Small Acts of Kindness
It was July of 1985 and I was an exchange student in France that month. I would turn 16 while I was there. I stayed with the Martinellos in a small village called Gap. Doesn’t sound French, does it? But that truly was its name. It’s near Lyon, in the southeastern...
by Ellen | Mar 12, 2018 | Faith
By Ellen Andersen The sun shone brightly, providing a nice warm day to walk the neighborhood, finally. The clouds had loomed large and we’d had rain for the past week. So I took advantage of the warm weather and took Tommy for a walk. We headed down the street and...
by Ellen | Feb 12, 2018 | Small Acts of Kindness
By Ellen Andersen It was an ordinary day at work. I’d been in and out of patients’ rooms, developing discharge plans for them when they left the hospital and returned home. In the middle of the day, someone came to the office and asked for me. When I answered, he came...
by Ellen | Jan 19, 2018 | Favorite Friday Fiction
By Ellen Andersen I enjoy reading suspense novels. There’s something about getting into a fictional world that’s wrapped up in drama that pulls me in and, in this case, wouldn’t let me go. Details woven throughout this riveting story ratchet up the tension in...
by Ellen | Jan 8, 2018 | Faith, Small Acts of Kindness
Toward the end of 2015, Jennifer asked if I’d be interested in writing for Small Acts of Kindness. I agreed and have enjoyed it ever since. It makes me step back and take notice of positive things I see or experience that I might otherwise overlook and take for...
