Elisabeth K. Corcoran
Elisabeth is mom to Sara (15-1/2) and Jack (14). She loves spending time with her kids, her friends, reading and writing. She is the author of six books: At the Corner of Broken & Love: Where God Meets Us in the Everyday; One Girl, Third World: One Woman’s Journey into Social Justice; He Is Just That Into You: Stories of a Faithful God who Pursues, Engages, and Has No Fear of Commitment; In Search of Calm: Renewal for a Mother’s Heart; and Calm in My Chaos: Encouragement for a Mom’s Weary Soul. All these books can be purchased on Amazon.com in paperback or Kindle.
Visit her website at elisabethcorcoran.com and her blog at http://elisabethcorcoran.blogspot.com/.
You can follow her on Twitter @ekcorcoran or friend her on Facebook.
If you find yourself in a difficult marriage or have gone through a painful divorce and you’re looking for a safe place to find encouragement and hope, you may email at Elisabeth at elisabethkcorcoran@gmail.com and request to be added to her private Facebook group for women like yourself.
Elisabeth is a proud Member of Redbud Writer's Guild.
As Of Today, I Am Divorced
Related: Read Daniel’s story of facing separation and divorce. Here are the facts: One, I have been living apart from my now ex-husband for two full years. Therefore, I’ve had some time to get used to this single life and single parenting thing. And two, I was served with a petition for dissolution of marriage eleven […] Read More >
God Can Use Kids Too
A few things have converged in my son Jack’s life over the past couple months. Back in the spring, he and I began reading Take Your Best Shot by then-nine-year-old author Austin Gutwein. It is the story of a boy who decided he didn’t want to wait until he was all grown up to do […] Read More >
Lessons from a Christmas Dress
Oh, my precious Sara. A girly-girl through and through. Last year she went through a bit of a phase of wearing a leotard (fully loaded with tutu and crown and scepter, I might add) around the house just for kicks. Like, every day, basically. I thought it was cute, until I tried to take her […] Read More >
Moments For Moms – Daddy’s Girl
At church today I caught a glimpse of an amazing father-daughter relationship. I was intrigued and challenged and given hope all in that one moment. What did I see that touched me so deeply? After our congregation sang a chorus, we did the usual “greeting of those around you.” I watched a father greet his […] Read More >
Mommy Was Wrong
Asking your children for forgiveness I did it again! I swear; I can’t seem to get this mothering thing down. Sara, my four-year-old, was simply in my way as I was trying to walk across the kitchen…this wasn’t deliberate disobedience on her part, by any means. And I yelled at her. The feeling in the […] Read More >
My Baby’ss Starting Kindergarten
My Sara begins kindergarten this month. Let me rephrase…my BABY begins kindergarten this month. I have one foot in the school-aged-child season of life, and one firmly planted for one more year in the “mother of preschooler” role (thanks to my other “baby,” four-year-old Jack). I am not ready for this. At all. Sara, on […] Read More >
Thank You for Me
“Therefore, whoever humbles {herself} like a child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven” (Matthew 18:4). Sara, 4, had asked to pray before our breakfast this morning. That is quite typical of her. I think it’s more her penchant to take charge than her avid spiritual growth as of yet. But I happily obliged […] Read More >
The Heart of the Battle
I just did one of the stupidest things in my life. As if someone else, I watched myself angrily put black suede sparkled boots on my daughter’s feet because she actually refused to brush her teeth without donning some type of footwear. We were in the midst of a battle – I could think of […] Read More >
Tips for the New Mommy
Veteran moms share their best advice for those beginning the journey of motherhood These are some tips that I gleaned from some of the women of my home church, Blackberry Creek, in Aurora, Illinois. Spiritual & emotional: First things first – you won’t find time to spend with God. You will need to make time […] Read More >
Unloved
Ok, here goes. This is what I realized this morning: No man has ever pursued me. Which means that no man has ever truly known me. Which means that no man has ever truly loved me. Dang. My marriage is ending and as I walk this road these unwanted thoughts keep running up to me. […] Read More >