by Elaine McAllister | Sep 12, 2024 | Ancestor Profiles, Family, Generational Storytelling, Memories, Mini-Memoirs, Travel, Writing
If you have been within earshot of me in the past few months, you’ve heard me talk about All Aboard! The Adventures of Miss Ratcliff. My most recent (7th) book was a work of the heart and a mini-memoir of my paternal grandmother. The nutshell version is this: A...
by Elaine McAllister | Jul 11, 2024 | Faith, Family, Friends, Life, Perspective, Reflecting God, Trusting God, Uncategorized, Words Have Power, Writing
How often in our Christian walk do we praise God, serve others, and care for our families UNTIL our paths are suddenly obscured by unknown circumstances? My husband and I were on our way to Wichita last week and I was reading as he drove. Breaking the silence – my...
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 | Mar 27, 2023 | Ancestor Profiles, Family, Generational Storytelling, Life, Words Have Power, Writing
Several years ago, my brother and I acquired a box of old stuff from our last remaining paternal aunt. She knew the contents would be treasured by us. Glenn is a genetic genealogist and I’m passionate about generational storytelling – a cosmic duo! As we...
by Elaine McAllister | Mar 16, 2023 | Faith, Life, Perspective, Reflecting God, Thankfulness, Trusting God, Writing
How can it be? I’m seated next to the One who came to save the world. Yet, only He knows what lies ahead. No one else knows…well, except for me! I was given a glance into the future – a flash forward, if you will. I know what’s coming but the...
by Elaine McAllister | Mar 11, 2023 | Family, Generational Storytelling, Life, Mini-Memoirs, Trusting God, Writing
Fierce storms battered the small fleet of forty ships accompanying William Penn and his family to a colony to be named Pennsylvania. Charles II of England granted this colony to Penn, and he gathered other Quakers and set sail on the 5th day of the 7th month of 1682....
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