by Elaine McAllister | Aug 22, 2018 | Faith, Family, Grandparenting
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...
by Elaine McAllister | Aug 2, 2018 | Family, Grandparenting, Life, Writing
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...
by Elaine McAllister | Jul 24, 2018 | Family, Grandparenting, Writing
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...
by Elaine McAllister | Jul 18, 2018 | Family, Grandparenting, Writing
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...
by Elaine McAllister | Jul 7, 2018 | Family, Life, Thankfulness, Writing
Each one of us has a story. Many stories are sealed, never to be revealed. Sealed within us – possibly due to the introverted notion that no one else would care to know our story, or our inability to know where to begin in telling it. Yet, the story is there....
by Elaine McAllister | Jun 29, 2018 | Family, Life
There are many things that have kept me away from my keyboard lately. A plethora of tasks seemed much more pressing than creating words on the keyboard. Tasks which filled more hours than I had, tasks which stirred memories long ago forgotten, and tasks which led to...
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