Backpacks, Classrooms, and Prayers
Back-to-School It’s the back-to-school season! Noisy feet shuffle through hallways. Children, tweens, teens, and adults scurry between classrooms. Backpacks hang on hooks and in overflowing lockers. Routines are the norm again in many households. New...
Teachers, Writers, Prayers, and Such!
My maternal grandmother was a one-time teacher, and a frugal saver of papers. She bound them together between hardback covers from discarded books using metal rings inserted through punched holes to secure them. Several years of Sunday school papers were well...
Grandma’s Story – Part 2 of A Story, Unfolding
If you’re following “A Story, Unfolding” in my blog, you may remember I introduced my grandma – before she was my grandma. She was the girl my grandpa met at that birthday party in 1905 – remember? (If not, click here to go back and read part...Sunburns, Solos, and Other Successes
This grandma has four grandkids who have teacher moms – moms who are, right now, thoroughly enjoying the break from routine. No lesson plans. No schedules. A respite from the end-of-the-year chaos. The flurry of field trips, track meets, music programs, and...
Welcome, I’m Elaine. I’m a follower of Jesus Christ, a choreographer of words, a challenger of the status quo, an admirer of all things colorful, and a lover of life who finds great comfort and joy in knowing I’m completely adequate to do whatever it is God calls me to do!
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