by Elaine McAllister | Dec 20, 2020 | Christmas, Creches, Faith, Family, Friends, Life, Pandemic, Prayer, Reflecting God, Simplify, Traditions, Trusting God, Truth
Good Sunday Morning, Friends! It’s December 20th, and Day #20 of my 2020 Christmas Creche Countdown! Have you followed my posts? If so, you’ve seen 40 of my wonderful, unique, treasured nativities so far, and there are several more to be featured in the...
by Elaine McAllister | Dec 16, 2020 | Christmas, Creches, Faith, Family, Life, Pandemic, Reflecting God, Simplify, Thankfulness, Traditions, Trusting God
Greetings, my friends. It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas here in central Kansas. We don’t have as much snow as our southern neighbors do, but we have snow. I love to look at it (from inside my warm home), but do not love to be out in it. However,...
by Elaine McAllister | Dec 9, 2020 | Christmas, Creches, Faith, Family, Friends, Pandemic, Reflecting God, Thankfulness, Traditions, Trusting God
This 2020 holiday season is ‘different.’ Much has changed and continues to change. There is no ‘normal’ anymore. But, different doesn’t have to be bad. How we respond matters. To the best of my ability, I choose to celebrate what’s...
by Elaine McAllister | Dec 3, 2020 | Christmas, Faith, Family, Friends, Grandparenting, Life, Pandemic, Reflecting God, Simplify, Thankfulness
It’s December 2nd, 2020. Masks are mandated. Numbers are rising. Beds are scarce. But questions, suppositions, and theories continue to be thrown around like the leaves which so recently scattered in the frantic winds of central Kansas. People are no longer...
by Elaine McAllister | Dec 2, 2020 | Celebrate Grandparenting, Christmas, Family, Grandparenting, Life, Pandemic, Reflecting God
Traditions!Christmas is one of those tradition-rich holidays. I love traditions, but I’ve found not all are ‘doable’ during Covid. In my book, Celebrate Grandparenting: 101 Ways to Intentionally Connect with your Grands, I devoted an entire section...
by Elaine McAllister | Jul 21, 2020 | Faith, Family, Life, Pandemic, Persistence, Simplify
NOTE: THIS IS PART THREE OF A SERIES CHRONICLING THE LAST THREE YEARS OF OUR LIVES. Come on along as I wrap up this journey….our commuter marriage and our marathon move.Finally, with no more loan extensions available, time was closing in. The stress was super...
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