My Middle-of-the-Year Word for 2022!
This year – 2022 – has been a blur for Jim and me due to Covid-19. It’s how we celebrated Christmas and it’s how we welcomed the new year, too; isolated and sick. I began to improve but Jim declined. In early January, Jim ended up in the emergency room,...Comfort Zone
My dictionary defines “comfort zone” as being “the level at which one functions with ease and familiarity.” I’d say that pretty accurately describes where I found myself. I was overweight, and out of shape. I’d always been strong...
Grandma’s Mantra!
The pendulum is swinging, and with it comes a promise of freedom! Freedom from stuff! Freedom from bulging closets and overstuffed drawers. Freedom from colored plastic totes, methodically organized and labeled, but full of even more stuff! You see, I’m the daughter...
Fifty Fat Facts
Do you know what fifty pounds of fat looks like? I don’t either, but I know what five pounds looks like thanks to a recent picture shared on the internet! It’s kind of gross, isn’t it? Until recently, I carried around ten times that much excess...
Contagious Wellness
There’s more to life than eating! I think I just learned that! Eating and entertainment used to be synonymous. Our social life – such as it was – involved food! My husband and I would meet friends for dinner. We’d invite the kids and...
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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