by Elaine McAllister | Jan 11, 2024 | Faith, Family, Friends, Life, Perspective, Truth, Uncategorized
8,760! That’s it!Whether we’re the president of a multi-million dollar corporation or barely squeaking by on a meager monthly stipend after a lifetime of punching the time clock, we all get the same number of hours every year. 8,760.It makes no difference...
by Elaine McAllister | Jan 1, 2024 | Family, Life, Memories, Reflecting God, Thankfulness
“McPherson Woman Reports Rare Mountain Lion Sighting: Last Documented Sighting of a Cougar in Kansas was in 1904.” That was the headline! The local newspaper was first to tell my story; just a couple sentences about what I saw in the New Gottland...
by Elaine McAllister | Dec 27, 2023 | Life, Memories, Thankfulness
Long ago, I resigned myself to the fact that something very valuable to my younger self must have been unintentionally tossed out with the trash sometime in the last five decades. Thankfully, the memory hasn’t faded.I even mentioned this on social media a few weeks...
by Elaine McAllister | Jul 11, 2023 | Faith, Friends, Life, Perspective, Reflecting God, Trusting God, Truth
Have you ever been so challenged by a book that you couldn’t put it down except to catch your breath and process its message before you pick it up and begin to read again? Check out this book, The Good and Beautiful God, by James Bryan Smith. THE CHARACTER OF...
by Elaine McAllister | Mar 27, 2023 | Ancestor Profiles, Family, Generational Storytelling, Life, Words Have Power, Writing
Several years ago, my brother and I acquired a box of old stuff from our last remaining paternal aunt. She knew the contents would be treasured by us. Glenn is a genetic genealogist and I’m passionate about generational storytelling – a cosmic duo! As we...
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