The State of the Ellie – June

Wow. To say that this May was unlike any other month I’ve ever experienced is an understatement. True, but an understatement.

For those of you who missed the memo (including the entire month of April’s poetry), I had reconstructive hip surgery on May 16th to correct a congential issue that’s caused me chronic pain for the last seven years. Having never had so much as a tooth pulled, I was understandably trepiditious. But I made good on my word of the year and went through with it despite havin...