Ellen Nordberg, Author
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I was rusty at this dating thing. Could I get past my nerves and get back in the game?

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.

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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.

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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?

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Multiples Illuminated

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. The obstetrician did not hear the second heartbeat until 18 weeks. I was already panicking about motherhood – now […]

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Advice to your Daughters: Don’t Waste Your Time on My Boys

When I was twelve, my middle school girlfriends and I called boys on the phone, hovered by the fence at Pop Warner football practice, and sat around at slumber parties speculating on which boys might ride past on their bikes or try to peek in the windows.

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Good Men Project

What Rock Climbing Taught Me About Love

“I’d been divorced in my twenties, and later dumped by a longtime boyfriend. I was 37, living in a “boy-free zone,” and doubtful I had any more chances at love….”

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Smooth Operators or Wild Animals?

FROM COLORADO BABIES MAGAZINE, FALL 2015 My twin boys have been fascinated by pretty girls since they could wave from their double stroller. But as a mom who grew up with only one sister, I have zero experience with handling little boys who notice females and recruit their own babysitters.

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What My Son Taught Me About Red Sox Uniforms and Being A Twin

“I was eagerly picking out Red Sox margarita glasses while waiting for our flight home when one of my 5-year-old twin boys approached me…..”

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Mommy and Me²

As a stay-at-home mother of energetic three year old twin boys, the discovery of “Mommy and Me” classes made me happier than non-chafe nursing pads. I’d get out of a house so baby-proofed I couldn’t watch my own TV, and the boys would get exercise.

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Stories on Stage

The Ambivalent Mother

Winner – Stories on Stage “Me, Myself and I” memoir contest. Featured in Flatirons Literary Review.

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How I Learned the Value of Ambidextrous Breasts

During my pregnancy, I complained about lost brain cells and how relieved I would be to regain them once my twins were born. The experienced mothers fell to the floor in collective hysteria.

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When It’s About More than Getting In Shape

Walking back to my bike, I felt ashamed that I hadn’t been paying attention to what this ride was for, or who might benefit, other than me with my smaller, tighter butt.

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Bicycle Love Anthology

Pedaling In Tandem

“Watch out for the bus!” and “Don’t you see the stop sign?” I used to scream from the back of the tandem to my boyfriend Jon in front. That was in the beginning,

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Mothers of Invention

What are some of your favorite products and services? Do you ever stop to think about whether they’re local or come from women owned businesses?

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River Oak Review

Broken Speed Dial

“I can’t see in my right eye,” my ninety-one year old grandmother says. “It’s just a cloud.” “When did this happen?” I ask, placing salad bowls in front of us on her small dining table. “A week ago maybe,” she says. “The doctor thinks he can fix it.”

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Gaining Compassion Through Surgery

American Fitness 1/14. Before I tore the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in my knee, I was invincible.

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Ripples

Dorothy was the reason I dreaded going to work. I taught water aerobics and thought I was hot stuff. I had great music – Madonna, the soundtrack to Footloose, Donna Summer.

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Friendship Anthology

Meant To Be

I’ve known my friend Jessa for seven years. We’re in daily contact, and she knows all the secrets of my life: my shoplifting at age 8, how I cheated on my ex, and how I’m terrified to become a mother.

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Ellen on bike

Training the Boulder Way

Boulder Lifestyle 7/13. When I was single in California, I loved to ride my bike. I’d cruise along the beach, ride to meetings, or just wander.

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Ellen's essay, At Least Your Hair Looks Gorgeous, is one of the stories featured in So Glad They Told Me: Women Get Real About Motherhood

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  • Denver Woman’s Press Club Motherhood Readings
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  • The Movie “Three Identical Strangers” Changed How I Parent
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