by Elaine McAllister | Feb 24, 2024 | Family, Flower Gardening, Life, Perspective
Announcing! I’m a member of a prestigious group – Weather Wimps of America. Next summer I’ll wave the white flag of surrender when triple digits hit but recently my flag was waving in response to snow drifts, sub-zero temps, crazy wind chills, and...
by Elaine McAllister | Feb 8, 2024 | Faith, Family, Grace, Grandparenting, Life, Perspective
Sometimes I feel I need industrial-strength glue or duct tape to hold things together as I navigate this broken world. Life is hard. Perhaps glue and tape could heal all wounds. Maybe it could guard the younger generation from pain and hard times. As a wife, mother,...
by Elaine McAllister | Jan 21, 2024 | Celebrate Grandparenting, Faith, Family, Friends, Grandparenting, Life, Prayer, Reflecting God, School, Truth
“Grandparenting. The only thing in this life that is not over-rated.” – Rob Rienow, Founder of Visionary Family Ministries. I’m involved with Legacy Coalition – an organization of intentional Christian grandparents who are seriously a...
by Elaine McAllister Admin | Jan 15, 2024 | Ancestor Profiles, Family, Generational Storytelling, Life, Memories, Mini-Memoirs, Writing
“We all feel stronger if we are part of a tapestry. One thread alone is weak, but woven into something larger, surrounded by other threads, is more difficult to unravel.” Thanks to Zoom, I heard Stephen Walters speak those words to a crowd of genealogists...
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...
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