by Elaine McAllister | May 20, 2025 | Ancestor Profiles, Faith, Family, Generational Storytelling, Life, Mini-Memoirs, Trusting God
Four-year-old Susan happily played with her older sister and brothers on the deck of the S.S. Teutonia as the steady waves of the North Atlantic Ocean lulled newborn Abraham to sleep. It was late August of 1874 when the Jacob and Susanna Block family embarked on this...
by Elaine McAllister | May 13, 2025 | Celebrate Grandparenting, Faith, Family, Friends, Grandparenting, Life, Memories, Simplify, Thankfulness, Travel
Food? Check. Clothes? Check. Linens? Check. Toiletries? Check. Jim and I were packed, loaded, hitched, and ready to hit the road with our fur-baby, Shotgun who loves to ride shotgun between us. This lightweight, refurbished, new-to-us travel trailer perfectly suited...
by Elaine McAllister | May 1, 2025 | Faith, Grace, Life, Marketing, Prayer, Publication, Social Media, Truth
A few years ago, I made a promise. I love to write, but I had no time while working and raising a family. Once I retired, I was ready to reinvent myself but had no platform, no following, and no clue where to begin. I promised God that if He would open doors, I would...
by Elaine McAllister | Jan 15, 2025 | Christmas, Creches, Faith
I’m a collector; a collector of far too many things actually (but that’s another blog topic…downsizing, simplifying, and uncluttering our lives). Today, let’s talk about one of my oldest collections. My most prized collection is my creche...
by Elaine McAllister | Oct 16, 2024 | Faith, Family, Grace, Life, Prayer, Reflecting God, Trusting God, Truth
Life is but a breath of air. One, followed by another, then another. At some point, we breathe our last. Only God knows when our life on Earth will end. That reality hits harder with every passing year. Like an ever-expanding snowball speeding down a hill, names are...
by Elaine McAllister | Sep 24, 2024 | All Aboard! The Adventures of Miss Ratcliff, Ancestor Profiles, Faith, Family, Generational Storytelling, Life, Memories, Mini-Memoirs, Travel
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...
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