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Meet
Ellie
Hi! I'm an author, lover of dogs, books, family, and my Savior and Heavenly Father. For sure not in that order. When They speak to me, I try to write it down.
CONFESSIONS
OF A
NEGATIVE (N)ELLIE


A YEAR OF GOD’S LOVE
This was not the blog that was supposed to be written this week. Or, I guess put in better words, it was not the blog I had planned to...
Negatvie (N)ellie
Dec 31, 20216 min read


UNWANTED GIFTS
Perhaps it’s the time of year, perhaps it’s the endless rolls of wrapping paper and ribbon that are blocking the aisles at the stores, or...
Negatvie (N)ellie
Dec 17, 20217 min read


PARABLE OF THE SALAD JARS
There once was a youngish mooch who had lived with her parents far past the point either mother, father, or even she had expected. With...
Negatvie (N)ellie
Dec 3, 20215 min read
AN ADULT’S PRAYER
With dogs running around me, and worries pressed heavily against my heart, I cast my eyes up the sky. Begging, just begging for things to...
Negatvie (N)ellie
Nov 5, 20214 min read


GOOD MEDICINE
This, is Miss. Hershey Sue. She doesn't make the blog very often because she is the only obedient dog we own, meaning that few funny...
Negatvie (N)ellie
Oct 22, 20214 min read


IT IS HARD
I know what you’re thinking. No way. There is no way those idiots got another dog. You, my wise, young friend, would be wrong. We did...
Negatvie (N)ellie
Oct 8, 20214 min read


26
26. That’s not really a birthday people go out of their way to celebrate, is it? There's no sash, no dedicated balloons, no level...
Negatvie (N)ellie
Sep 10, 20214 min read


ONE BY ONE KINDA LOVE
I can’t feel His love anymore. At least, not lately. Logically, deep in my bones, I know it's there. I have felt it, embraced it,...
Negatvie (N)ellie
Aug 27, 20214 min read
BLOG TAG
Four years. For almost four years, I have been documenting and scripting my various bouts of crying, whining, and complaining for all to...
Negatvie (N)ellie
Aug 13, 20215 min read


FIGHTING CHANGE
Ahh, a girl and her basset hound. I’ve never seen a photograph capture a relationship of mine with such incredible precision and clarity....
Negatvie (N)ellie
Jul 30, 20215 min read
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