I met Paul through the Southern California Mountaineers Assn. We became buddies over rock climbing trips to Joshua Tree, Lake Perris and Malibu’s Point Dume.
Ellen Nordberg
Denver Woman’s Press Club Motherhood Readings
Ellen reads her twin mom story “Heroes and Brothers”
At Least Your Hair Looks Gorgeous
When I was eight, my sister told me to sit still at the kitchen table, she’d be right back with a special surprise. Her “special surprise” turned out to be a whiffle bat strike to the head. Similar to this whiffle bat encounter, my experience with motherhood has not turned out the way I expected. No one warned me about the “special surprises” that were to come.
The Movie “Three Identical Strangers” Changed How I Parent
The trauma and heartbreak of the triplet boys in the movie “Three Identical Strangers,” who were separated at six months and adopted into different families, made me reconsider how my husband and I are parenting our identical twin boys, Axel and Aidan. Read the essay in the Washington Post.
Stories on Stage show “Motherhood Out Loud”
Ellen’s essay “At Least Your Hair Looks Gorgeous,” was chosen for performance in the May 2017 Stories on Stage show Motherhood Out Loud.
Denver Post Interview about Listen to Your Mother
Ellen interviewed for the Denver Post as a Producer of Boulder’s 2017 Listen to Your Mother show.
Telling My Twins Their Birth Story Changed Their Relationship
For the first five years of my identical twin boys’ lives, I couldn’t tell another adult their birth story without crying. How could I begin to share it with them?
Surviving the Twinning Reaction
The intense bonding connection between twins is called “the Twinning Reaction,” by psychologists and researchers. My neighbor the dog trainer says, “Don’t adopt two puppies from the same litter because they’ll never obey you.” Same concept.
“Listen To Your Mother Show” Boulder 2016
Ellen shares her funny twin pregnancy stories in “At Least Your Hair Looks Gorgeous!”