Life Archives - Elsakurt

Elsa Kurt Interviews with Dr. Mary Mitchell

Where Intimidation Fails and Preparation Wins

Posted on December 22, 2025December 19, 2025 by Elsa Kurt

How Saved Letters, Tough Bosses, And Fierce Negotiations Forged An Unlikely Business Trailblazer The heart of this conversation is startlingly simple and deeply human: a daughter wrote two letters a...Read More

Elsa Kurt Interviews with Elizabeth Harris

What If Surrender Is The Shortest Road To Peace?

Posted on December 19, 2025December 19, 2025 by Elsa Kurt

The Elizabeth Harris Story GRIEF DOES NOT ASK PERMISSIONIt arrives, rearranges the furniture of the heart, and dares you to find your footing in a dark room. Our conversation with...Read More

Feminism vs. Biblical Womanhood bold faith real truth no apologies

Feminism: Everything You Thought Was Empowering… Was Actually a Lie

Posted on March 24, 2025March 22, 2025 by Elsa Kurt

Unmasking the movement that promised freedom but delivered confusion, division, and a departure from biblical truth A Red Lipstick, a Power Suit, and a Lie Picture this: It’s the 90s....Read More

Own Your Fifty

Posted on February 18, 2017January 3, 2019 by Elsa Kurt

Own Your Fifty ModernMelly The Dark Side of Life About 11 years (or so) ago I was in a dark, ugly, personal space in life, in my mind, and especially...Read More

Year In Review. Kind Of-ish.

Posted on December 17, 2016January 3, 2019 by Elsa Kurt

Year In Review. Kind Of-ish by ModernMelly Well, hello! It's been a while, hasn't it?! Hope you're all doing well & have made it through 2016 as unscathed as one...Read More

12 People You Know (And Want to Slap Sometimes) On Facebook

Posted on September 28, 2016January 3, 2019 by Elsa Kurt

12 People You Know (And Want To Slap Sometimes) On Facebook by ModernMelly We all know em, we all ARE them ( at one time or another, at least)...Read More

Soul Mate or Soul Sucker?

Posted on January 14, 2016January 3, 2019 by Elsa Kurt

Soul Mate, Or Soul Sucker? By ModernMelly I read a Facebook post late last night, just before bed, from a beautiful young woman; a gut wrenching breakup post that...Read More

Home is The Haven: Police Family Life

Posted on December 8, 2015March 31, 2021 by Elsa Kurt

Making home the haven. Now that sounds nice, doesn't? But is it easy? Hell no, at least not at first. But the fact is, if you've married a police officer,...Read More

Online Job Application: Police Wife

Posted on December 8, 2015January 3, 2019 by Elsa Kurt

So I have to preface this post with an explanation: Last week my husband and I were having a difference of opinion- okay, fine, a bit of an argument really-...Read More

Thanks Mister

Posted on December 5, 2015January 3, 2019 by Elsa Kurt

This morning when I woke up, I did the same first thing that I always do: I check my phone. More specifically, I check (in this order) my texts, my...Read More

Dear 44th Birthday

Posted on October 24, 2015January 3, 2019 by Elsa Kurt

Dear 44th, Aww, hey, what's up? Listen, I just wanted to welcome you, and you know, try and make you feel a little less the 'outsider' here. I get how...Read More

12 Happy Pages For Social Media Addicts

Posted on September 30, 2015January 3, 2019 by Elsa Kurt

12 Happy Pages For Social Media Addicts By Modern Melly Hello fellow social media addicts! Disclaimer: This is not a support group, nor will I try to persuade you...Read More

Dear Everyone Writing A ‘Dear____’ Blog

Posted on September 29, 2015January 3, 2019 by Elsa Kurt

Dear everyone and their mother that writes a blog, including me: STOP FUCKING WRITING 'DEAR (insert person type here)'. Enough already, we get it. Seriously. Dear children's costume company, stop...Read More

Hands of a Hero

Posted on September 18, 2015 by Elsa Kurt

Thank You, From A Police Wife

Posted on September 16, 2015January 3, 2019 by Elsa Kurt

Anyone that reads my stories knows I love social media, Facebook particularly, and that I start my day by reading my Facebook wall like it's the morning paper. In my...Read More

We Have Forgotten

Posted on September 11, 2015January 3, 2019 by Elsa Kurt

I admit it. I hash-tagged "Never Forget" this morning, posted it on social media along with one of the many, many, heart breaking photos from September 11, 2011. Then I...Read More

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A Moderate American Taps the Mic, Revisited

Posted on August 24, 2015January 15, 2017 by Elsa Kurt

Revisiting A Moderate America Takes the Mic By Modern Melly I wrote this back in August, a spur of the moment, knee jerk reaction to current events. This morning, I...Read More

Dear Modern Moms (Message from a Dinosaur Mom)

Posted on July 30, 2015January 19, 2017 by Elsa Kurt

With so many topics to choose from- Donald Trump running for President (love it. Gasp, I said it), the senseless and cowardly slaughter of Cecil the Lion (heartsick over it),...Read More

Too Many Heroes

Posted on July 20, 2015 by Elsa Kurt

Ahem. *Stands on soapbox, taps microphone. I couldn't help but notice, and of course partake in the numerous dialogues and debates over what constitutes a Hero. Since I haven't posted...Read More

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Welcome Winds Of Change

Posted on July 15, 2015January 19, 2017 by Elsa Kurt

"Welcome winds of change..." or so I keep telling myself. Repeatedly. Daily. Almost hourly. From where did this obsessiveness with this phrase come? Ah, well it started last week, as I...Read More

Happy Father’s Day

Posted on June 21, 2015January 24, 2017 by Elsa Kurt

Happy Father's Day by ModernMelly Brief historical fact for those who think Father's Day is just another Hallmark created fake holiday: The first (documented) celebration of Father's Day occurred in...Read More

Boxes, Prayers & Swears (AKA Sanity Savers)

Posted on June 2, 2015January 19, 2017 by Elsa Kurt

Yes. That's right: Boxes, Prayers & Swears. Where's she going with this, right? Well, it's kinda my thing, among other things, of course, for getting through life's 'stuff'. I love...Read More

You Think You Know Me (Because Once, You Knew Me)

Posted on April 10, 2015January 28, 2017 by Elsa Kurt

You Think You Know Me (Because Once, You Knew Me) by ModernMelly A funny thing happened when I began dating my husband: I changed. At least, that's how some people...Read More

7 Ways To Get Super Powers

Posted on April 7, 2015June 1, 2015 by Elsa Kurt

Really? Did you really just click to see "7 Ways To Get Super Powers"?! Yeah, I would've, too. We can't help ourselves, can we? It's these damn "List Blogs". They...Read More

If I Had A Soundtrack To My Life

Posted on March 26, 2015January 28, 2017 by Elsa Kurt

As you, of course know (because you follow my blog so devoutly. Wink, wink.) I am a police loving, lipstick wearing, Steve Perry obsessed, I Love You, Man drinker, who...Read More

Police Wife

Posted on March 19, 2015October 19, 2021 by Elsa Kurt

I know, it seems you've been hearing quite a lot from us lately. I also know that we probably seem extreme to you, the general public, or the “quiet” wives....Read More

Well, I’ll Be Damned

Posted on March 15, 2015 by Elsa Kurt

Well, I''l be damned. That's what I was thinking, a few days ago, as I bobbed along in an aluminum kayak, in the middle of a crystal clear Florida spring,...Read More

I’m Not Talking To You, I’m Talking To Me

Posted on March 2, 2015 by Elsa Kurt

We all do it. Don't deny it... we all talk to ourselves. Sometimes, we're the only one who listens, am I right?! (hardy-har-har, I know). It's totally normal, healthy even,...Read More

As A Mom

Posted on March 1, 2015January 19, 2017 by Elsa Kurt

[caption width="200" id="attachment_306" align="alignright"] Me and My Girls[/caption] I woke up this morning excited that my daughter and her boyfriend were coming over for breakfast. Watching my daughter as an...Read More

It’s Just My Face

Posted on February 28, 2015 by Elsa Kurt

*As I recall it, it was on a warm summer day in 1977, when I was first given a inkling that something was different, perhaps even wrong with me. I was but...Read More

If I Could Just Get Out Of My Own Way

Posted on February 19, 2015 by Elsa Kurt

Seriously. If I could just get out of my own way, I'd do just peachy. I'm meaning this in a most literal sense, but I briefly acknowledge that I also...Read More

When Is A Dream Just A Dream

Posted on February 19, 2015June 1, 2015 by Elsa Kurt

I've always been a super, and I mean super, vivid dreamer. In fact, I have dreams from childhood that I can still recall with sharp detail. I also have had...Read More

Life Lessons I’ve Learned By Being A Police Wife

Posted on February 5, 2015March 31, 2021 by Elsa Kurt

My husband and I met over a dozen years ago, through a dating website. We both, come to find out, just wanted to try something out of our comfort zones,...Read More

Drinking and Blogging

Posted on January 30, 2015 by Elsa Kurt

Rule Number One: Don't Drink and Blog. I mean, that probably is a good rule, considering that your ability to filter your thoughts is as impaired as... well, as you...Read More

10 Songs I Hate, But Know Every Word To

Posted on January 27, 2015April 2, 2021 by Elsa Kurt

This morning I woke up, with no discernable reason, with the song Rainy Days and Mondays playing in in my head.Now, A) It's not Monday, it's Tuesday. B) It's not raining,...Read More

Mean Kinda Funny

Posted on January 24, 2015June 1, 2015 by Elsa Kurt

Some people seem to be born with that gene that makes them just simply know how to act right, behave, be cool. They tell appropriate jokes, they laugh normal... my humor? Well, let's say that it takes...Read More

Dear 20-Something: An Open Apology

Posted on January 14, 2015June 1, 2015 by Elsa Kurt

*Disclaimer: when I started this blog post, I was in a bitchy, pissed off, and disgusted mood. I'd been watching too much "news" with their primary focus on too many...Read More

15 Song Lyrics That Stole My Heart

Posted on December 16, 2014January 24, 2017 by Elsa Kurt

15 Song Lyrics That Stole My Heart By ModernMelly Words. Wickedly, wonderfully powerful words. I love the way they wrap around, and cut through, and dance all about. I love...Read More

The Art of Being Vague

Posted on December 14, 2014June 1, 2015 by Elsa Kurt

Ah, the art of being vague. It's, you know, kind of simple but not. (See what I did there? I was being vague.) Now, you forthright, direct people may wonder;...Read More

Feed A Cold, Starve A Fever?!

Posted on December 4, 2014January 25, 2017 by Elsa Kurt

Feed A Cold, Starve A Fever?! By ModernMelly Heyyy. Sigh. So. I took an unplanned, unwanted month (plus) long hiatus from, well... everything, thanks to the flu, and subsequently pneumonia....Read More

7 Rules For Unf*cking Your Divorce (When You Have Kids.)

Posted on November 3, 2014March 5, 2017 by Elsa Kurt

7 Rules For UnF*cking Your Divorce (When You Have Kids) by ModernMelly Writing What I Know As an aspiring (paid) writer, I've often heard, and taken to heart, the sage...Read More

Scattered

Posted on October 26, 2014 by Elsa Kurt

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="353"] Seriously. This is how I feel.[/caption] Yup. Scattered. That'd be the word for describing my brain activity yesterday, and so far (at 9:15am) the word of today, as well....Read More

Simply Complicated

Posted on October 13, 2014January 19, 2017 by Elsa Kurt

Last night I went to sleep thinking, 'Tomorrow, I'm going to work on a happy/light post for the blog!" That exclamation point was overkill, I wasn't that exuberant for God sakes....Read More

What Do you Mean, We’re Not Rich?

Posted on October 9, 2014 by Elsa Kurt

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="428"] Me, my signature pose, and my best "frienemy" Circa 1976[/caption] Growing up I had every reason to believe we were wealthy. After all, we...Read More

I’m Just Here For The Comments

Posted on October 3, 2014 by Elsa Kurt

I have an amazing group of friends. I simply love each one of them, and what they bring to the group. Now, having said that, I've got to tell you:...Read More

My 42 Year Dramedy

Posted on October 1, 2014 by Elsa Kurt

Yup, here's me. Grown ass woman in pigtails and a Marvel tee, getting ready to get messy. Here's also where and when I come up with these random little blogs....Read More

Poor Man’s Barbie

Posted on September 26, 2014May 30, 2015 by Elsa Kurt

So, I have this dear friend (the kind you could never stop being friends with because they know way too much dirt on you) that likes to give me Barbie...Read More