I’m a follower of Jesus Christ, a choreographer of dancing 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! I’m a wife to one, mom to two, grandma to five, and I live in the middle of the United States of America with my husband, and a cat named Mufasa who believes he owns our home!
My hope is you’ll find inspiration, encouragement, truth, and even a bit of humor in my words penned in this blog!
Elaine McAllister Author – Recent Blog Posts
Backpacks, Classrooms, and Prayers
Back-to-School It's the back-to-school season! Noisy feet shuffle through hallways. Children, tweens, teens, and adults scurry between classrooms. Backpacks hang on hooks and in overflowing lockers. Routines are the norm again in many households. New relationships are...
Teachers, Writers, Prayers, and Such!
My maternal grandmother was a one-time teacher, and a frugal saver of papers. She bound them together between hardback covers from discarded books using metal rings inserted through punched holes to secure them. Several years of Sunday school papers were well...
Grandma’s Story – Part 2 of A Story, Unfolding
If you’re following "A Story, Unfolding" in my blog, you may remember I introduced my grandma - before she was my grandma. She was the girl my grandpa met at that birthday party in 1905 - remember? (If not, click here to go back and read part...
Sunburns, Solos, and Other Successes
This grandma has four grandkids who have teacher moms - moms who are, right now, thoroughly enjoying the break from routine. No lesson plans. No schedules. A respite from the end-of-the-year chaos. The flurry of field trips, track meets, music programs, and...
A Story, Unfolding
Each one of us has a story. Many stories are sealed, never to be revealed. Sealed within us - possibly due to the introverted notion that no one else would care to know our story, or our inability to know where to begin in telling it. Yet, the story is there. The...
A Plethora of Memories
There are many things that have kept me away from my keyboard lately. A plethora of tasks seemed much more pressing than creating words on the keyboard. Tasks which filled more hours than I had, tasks which stirred memories long ago forgotten, and tasks which led to...