Time & Location
Jul 19, 2025, 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM EDT
Philadelphia, 709 N 2nd St 3rd Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19123, USA
Guests
About the event
The debut memoir from EL Cotton. Come experience a heartfelt fireside chat, book signing, community connection, and more.
About the book:
There are moments in life when grief, loss, and unimaginable opposition threaten to break us. When dreams are falling apart, when loss strikes without warning, and when life feels unbearably heavy, it’s easy to lose sight of who we are beyond the pain.
In Birthing Purpose, Ericalynn “EL” Cotton invites readers into her personal journey of healing after devastating loss. Through her own experiences of love, marriage, pregnancy, and widowhood, she reveals how every heartbreak led her to deeper faith, and to discovering a purpose greater than her pain.
As a nurse, hairdresser, church leader, and wife to her high school sweetheart, Chris Cotton, EL had built a beautiful life grounded in love and spirituality. But her world was forever changed when she tragically lost her husband while…