“All Aboard” Revisited – Part Eight
My Grandma – Bertha A. Ratcliff York – was a phenomenal woman. Plain and simple, but I learned a lot from her in the 30-some years we shared life on Earth. She passed in 1984…just weeks before my son was born. Grandma taught me how to live and how to...
“All Aboard!” Revisited – Part Five
Believe it or not, “revisiting” our recent trip is hard work! Those who know me well know I’m always on a trek for knowledge. I want to know things, I love to research and learn (always have), and I have to piece together things until they make...
“All Aboard” Revisited – Part Four
Good Morning! I hope you’re enjoying riding along with my husband and I as we retrace the steps of my grandma’s 1913 trip out West. What an adventure for her, but an equally fascinating adventure for the two of us 111 years later. If you haven’t read...
Living the Good and Beautiful Life
I have always appreciated a great challenge and I’ve succeeded at more than a few over my lifetime. Oh, but I’m not finished. There’s always room for improvement. Right? The Good and Beautiful series written by James Bryan Smith provided my most...
Before the Red Ink Dries!
How often in our Christian walk do we praise God, serve others, and care for our families UNTIL our paths are suddenly obscured by unknown circumstances? My husband and I were on our way to Wichita last week and I was reading as he drove. Breaking the silence – my...
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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