Hi Friends!
My name is Elaine, but five of my favorite people call me Gramma Mac!
An award-winning writer, author, blogger, and columnist, I love to celebrate grandparenting, and have been doing so since my my first grandchild – now a teenager – was born. To read more of my “back story,” click here.
I am passionate about discovering and sharing resources with other grandparents, empowering them to intentionally create memories and build relationships with their grands.
Please share your comments, questions, and favorite grandparenting ideas. Let’s build a community.
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Be well. Be safe.
~ Elaine
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recently posted on the blog
“All Aboard” Revisited! Part Ten
"Those who leave stories for future generations give us a gift of time, woven together into tapestries of the past. They give us pathways into a history with which we can relate. In doing so, both those who share and those who listen benefit from intentional generational storytelling." - Elaine...
“All Aboard” Revisited – Part Nine
Grandma's story continues to grow as layers of history are uncovered. I knew it would. I always tell participants in my Generational Storytelling workshops that the work of a family historian or genealogist is never done. That excites some and frustrates others. Happy are those with no...
“All Aboard” Revisited – Part Eight
My Grandma - Bertha A. Ratcliff York - was a phenomenal woman. Plain and simple, but I learned a lot from her in the 30-some years we shared life on Earth. She passed in 1984...just weeks before my son was born. Grandma taught me how to live and how to die (remember the letter I quoted in "All...