The last time
I walk across the brown hallway. The yellowish dim lights of the orphanage cast shades as I make my way through the door. On my hip, my new daughter rests awkwardly, we haven’t figured out how we fit together yet. I break out of the building, scared. I know Nina is...
Parents of Kids With Disabilities Are Hard to Get Along With
Perhaps some of us who parent kids with disabilities have snapped, yelled, or given an angry lecture to friends or family, leaving them utterly confused about our behavior. Who can blame them for thinking, “Well that’s the last time I talk to her!”...
I Suffer From Depraved Indifference, and So Do You
I suffer form depraved indifference, and so do you. It is not that we don’t care, we care. But we go to bed and we sleep just fine. There are other lives around us, but they are not directly related to ours, they are not directly affecting our lives. But one...
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.