elles~n~life

Love, Laughter, Loyalty and Loss = Ls in life

  • November 13, 2025

    I woke up with a song on my heart, which is fairly normal for me. However, today’s song was quite interesting, as it’s McCants’ birthday (my brother, my 1st Bestfriend). Although, I can no longer celebrate him in the flesh. YAH saw fit for me to celebrate in Spirit. FRED HAMMOND… woke me up this Read more

  • 175-day FAITH Challenge

    Objective: You will learn about my 175-day challenge and how you can help me plan my 50th birthday celebration. I am not sure how many of you are aware of my challenge. It’s a FAITH Challenge and apparently I was a few days ahead of myself, after my major “reset”. Today is my ACCOUNTABILITY day Read more

  • UNDER MY ROCK

    Prior to September 10, 2025, I had NEVER heard of the man that wore the white FREEDOM tshirt under the Prove Me Wrong tent. NOPE…I HAD NO IDEA!!! Until someone in my vicinity said, “A tRUMP supporter was popped!” I jumped up and ran over to see the video. Again, I knew NOTHING about the Read more

  • Walk It Like You Talk It

    How often do you walk or run? I do my best to walk no less than a mile on a daily basis. Health is wealth and walking is my preferred method of exercise. Running short distances was my thing when I was younger. Read more

  • TAKE MY HAND

    September 6, 2025, I woke up with yet another song on my heart; per usual I knew who the artist was, but I couldn’t place the title of the song. I heard, “Precious Lord, take my hand, help me stand” over and Over and OVER again. Precious Lord (the voice was distinct…clearly Fred Hammond, which Read more

  • WAR CLOTHES

    Virtue – behavior showing high moral standards Moral –  (adj) concerned with the principles of right and wrong and the goodness or badness of human character Standard – (noun) a level of quality or attainment For the last week the song, “Put Your War Clothes On” by Virtue has been heavy on my heart (mind). Read more

  • The JOB Effect

    The Book of Job There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God and eschewed evil. Job 1:1 KJV Now, I am far from perfect and have not always “eschewed” evil, but Job did and he faced many tribulations Read more

  • TOP 10

    1. Tombstone (ALL TIME FAVORITE) The remaining movies are in no particular order 2. Drumline 3. Brown Sugar 4. Hancock 5. The Fast and Furious (RIP Paul Walker) 6. Honey 7. Save the Last Dance 8. Dirty Dancing 9. Last of the Mohicans 10. 300 Read more

  • Earthquake & Kingdom Preparation It was August 23, 2011, the very beginning of the school year. I had a full classroom of either 3rd or 4th graders and was busy teaching, after our lunchtime recess. I heard what sounded like the garbage truck coming to empty the dumpster but the sound got louder and louder. Read more

  • 14 Years of Grieving

    Grief isn’t linear… It’s July 31, 2011 the last day of the Fordham-Wagner Family reunion in Maryland, and it was my turn to deliver the morning devotional. I definitely procrastinated (thanks to writer’s block or maybe it was just my nerves). Here is the worship thought I came up with (written at 7:36:25 AM on Read more