by Elaine McAllister | Sep 18, 2019 | Celebrate Grandparenting, Faith, Grandparenting, Life, Marketing, Persistence, Prayer, Publication, Thankfulness, Writing
My New Normal I’m fully submerged! Immersed! Gasping for air and going under for the third time! I’ve missed ‘chatting’ with you – my loyal readers – via my blog, but I’m back! Drenched and exhausted, I’m finding...
by Elaine McAllister | Jul 24, 2019 | Faith, Life, Persistence, Thankfulness, Writing
You’ve no doubt seen the meme that’s circulated on social media showing what I call the iceberg of success. What you see above the surface is a little peak – a minute portion of the whole. What’s hidden beneath the surface of the deep is...
by Elaine McAllister | May 31, 2019 | Faith, Family, Grandparenting, Prayer, Thankfulness, Writing
Do you celebrate grandparenting? I certainly do, and have for 4,760 days to be exact. That’s when it all started – 4,760 days ago – behind closed doors. Last minute complications changed our plans, so rather than witnessing the birth of my first...
by Elaine McAllister | Apr 12, 2019 | Elder Care, Faith, Family, Life, Thankfulness, Writing
It’s been a few years. Much has changed. Little ones have grown up. People have moved. Relationships have ended and others have begun. Time flies, and memories fade, but still, the absence of one’s Mama is not easy to disguise. It remains. There’s a...
by Elaine McAllister | Apr 3, 2019 | Faith, Family, Life, Writing
I just participated in Writers Chat, an awesome group of Christian writers who encourage, support, challenge, and inspire each other weekly, online. Today we focused on our writing stories; when we realized we were meant to write, how God is leading us, what genres we...
by Elaine McAllister | Mar 1, 2019 | Life, Simplify, Writing
God’s Awesome Creation As a young mom, I didn’t miss many opportunities to give God credit for the beautiful sunrises and sunsets we saw living in the plains of Kansas. I’d often tell my kids, Shawna and Travis, that God was painting pictures for us as we...
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