Stephanie Gilmore

I’m sitting here eating Ben & Jerry’s out of the container, and thinking about Stephanie Gilmore. Stephanie was the first person who gave me “permission” to eat right out of the container, and even exulted in my enjoyment of it.

I met Stephanie in a time of brokenness in my own life. In 1993, at the age of 27, I was devastated after breaking up with a man I desperately wanted to marry. Rev. Janne Eller-Isaacs put me in touch with Stephanie, who was looking for a housemate. I moved...