LOVE Archives - Ellen Morris Prewitt

Life in the South

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on April 23, 2026. Posted in Featured, General, LOVE. 6 Comments on Life in the South

I thought my second piercing had become infected, or at the least irritated. Turns out, a mosquito bit me on the ear lobe. Such is life in the South. Caterpillars are cute little things, right? Not in New Orleans. They’re swarming, stinging, five-alarm dangers. Soon enough, they turn into buck moths, which can do great damage to the...

MEMPHIS, y’all

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on October 3, 2025. Posted in General, LOVE, Racism to Reconciliation. 10 Comments on MEMPHIS, y’all

Hand-in-hand, we strolled down Front Street, the Memphis sky as blue as the air was crisp. At the new bakery, I ordered lox and bagel, cafe au lait, and, for Tom, a breakfast sandwich with drip coffee. The small bakery space was almost empty, quiet, until we stepped back to wait on our order, and the people poured in. At 9:30 on a Friday...

Too Far from Memphis

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on May 30, 2025. Posted in General, LOVE. 4 Comments on Too Far from Memphis

While I sit on the couch with my husband, outside the window, the orange ball of sun stands firm. No matter how the end of day looks, we know it’s the earth rolling into night. The incandescent star is too far from Memphis to cast a flame onto the Mississippi River. Instead, the water’s surface has a sheen like ice. Arkansas is...

The Heart of Danger

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on March 17, 2025. Posted in Featured, General, LOVE. 4 Comments on The Heart of Danger

My family heads into hurricanes. They pinpoint the spot of landing – why, it’s almost a hundred miles from our beach! – and pile into the car. Hurry, they say, we need to arrive before they close the bridge. The governor has declared a state of emergency. The authorities have warned 150,00 people to retreat inland, and we are going to the...

Everything Here is New

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on February 19, 2025. Posted in Featured, General, LOVE. 2 Comments on Everything Here is New

Soon enough, it will be as if it has always been this way. Like the Katrina rabbits who appeared after the storm, hunted by the sauntering bobcat that replaced all the houses. A pulsing chorus of frogs arose—there’s a body of water here somewhere— when the body of the world transformed in the hurricane’s fist. ...

We Go On

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on November 9, 2024. Posted in Featured, General, GOD, GRIEF, LOVE. 5 Comments on We Go On

Daylight Savings Time is gone. Night comes on. Five o’clock, and dirty light streaks the sky with grey. It’s pretty. The clouds move quickly. Raphel is in the Gulf, and, though it is nowhere near me, the wind lifts. I messed up. I had to postpone an event and I lost the email where I had invited people. My computer just ate it. I...

That is Swimming

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on September 13, 2024. Posted in Featured, General, LOVE. 6 Comments on That is Swimming

First, you submerge into a different world. That’s the way I was taught. Sink. Quiet descends. The world turns cloudy, blurred. Bend your knees. Curl your legs and press your toes against the wall. Stretch your arms forward, cross your hands into a vee. Push off. You are an arrow cutting through the water. Take a breath, quick, under...

My New Pair of Wings

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on August 13, 2024. Posted in Featured, General, LOVE, Writing. 6 Comments on My New Pair of Wings

My favorite wings are the silver and brown leather wings I bought for myself several years ago. Christmas had arrived, and all the years of my childhood, Christmas meant new wings. Bright-colored jeans and a long sleeve snap shirt and cap guns in their holsters, too. Maybe I was nostalgic or maybe I was feeling sorry for myself, but I wanted a...

The Gaze of Compassion

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on August 2, 2024. Posted in General, GOD, LOVE, Writing. 2 Comments on The Gaze of Compassion

“Imagine the moment when the presence of Great Love gazes with compassion on the parts of me with which I struggle.” This prompt was brought to us by a member of our Contemplative Writing Group gathering. At the time, all-consuming Great Stress filled my life; I struggled to remember Great Love. So writing contemplatively on the...

Love Lives On

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on July 27, 2024. Posted in General, GOD, LOVE. 14 Comments on Love Lives On

This week, our family lost a loved one. The funeral was heart-wrenching. An incredible light, gone far too soon. But joy too. Gratitude for having her, the delight she was on this earth. One thing I know from the service: love lives on. For the nine hour drive to-and-from the funeral, rain pounded. Windshield wipers flailing, me squinting...