tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009438219696051817.comments2023-08-20T03:57:22.983-07:00Elaine Stock--Author***Everyone’s Story BlogElaine Stockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16349776598113016833noreply@blogger.comBlogger6874125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009438219696051817.post-64049154782775796032015-12-26T05:11:43.021-08:002015-12-26T05:11:43.021-08:00I hope the peace, hope, and joy of Christmas has f...I hope the peace, hope, and joy of Christmas has filled everyone's heart not only this past week but for the New Year to come.<br /><br />Heartfelt thanks and appreciation to my guest, Sharon K. Connell, for appearing on Everyone's Story during this major holiday when so many are wrapped in the hubbub of getting ready for celebration. That's why I appreciate Sharon and her message: God is always with us. Amen and praise.<br /><br />This is the last post of Everyone's Story on this blog venue. Please join me in my new digs on www.elainestock.com Looking forward to seeing you there!<br /><br />Blessings to all.Elaine Stockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16349776598113016833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009438219696051817.post-86855273322390754882015-12-19T10:31:58.045-08:002015-12-19T10:31:58.045-08:00Thank you for the invitation, Gail. Is there a dea...Thank you for the invitation, Gail. Is there a dealine for the short story. I'm up to my ears right now in revision of my novel, hoping to get it out soon. If you can give me a link to contact you, I can get some more info and see if it's possible to do. You can also reach me on Facebook in my Group Forum: https://www.facebook.com/groups/writersandauthorsforum/<br />Sharon K. Connellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04381383066629669570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009438219696051817.post-15633747825871725592015-12-19T09:19:17.388-08:002015-12-19T09:19:17.388-08:00It's always nice to see you, Gail! I'm gla...It's always nice to see you, Gail! I'm glad you enjoyed Sharon's stories.Elaine Stockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16349776598113016833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009438219696051817.post-89937917585234195992015-12-19T09:11:35.267-08:002015-12-19T09:11:35.267-08:00Thank you both, Ann and Elaine. You are both a tru...Thank you both, Ann and Elaine. You are both a true blessing to me in ways you will never know. I love the friends I am making, both authors and readers and treasure each one.Sharon K. Connellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04381383066629669570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009438219696051817.post-67687841171940807502015-12-19T09:09:39.905-08:002015-12-19T09:09:39.905-08:00Praise God, Patricia. I'm sure there are milli...Praise God, Patricia. I'm sure there are millions of stories like our about how God has protected us when we didn't even know it. God bless you.Sharon K. Connellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04381383066629669570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009438219696051817.post-85487035950357941002015-12-19T09:07:26.226-08:002015-12-19T09:07:26.226-08:00Great stories, Sharon. I esp. like the diamonds - ...Great stories, Sharon. I esp. like the diamonds - 'little' things like that can turn things around if we're attentive. <br /><br /> If you're interested, Little Cab Press has two calls out for short stories for coming anthologies, and I think yours might be perfect! Thanks for sharing. Gail Kittlesonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05833288131474454933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009438219696051817.post-52030733890785648932015-12-19T05:19:56.750-08:002015-12-19T05:19:56.750-08:00I love my growing circle of reading and writing fr...I love my growing circle of reading and writing friends--how everyone treasures each other. I'm blessed by this. Blessed by you, Ann!Elaine Stockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16349776598113016833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009438219696051817.post-51458290028852895962015-12-18T19:15:39.816-08:002015-12-18T19:15:39.816-08:00Enjoyed reading Sharon's comments and story of...Enjoyed reading Sharon's comments and story of God's protection in her life. I count Sharon as a dear friend. I have read and loved all of her books. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15775632755186192668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009438219696051817.post-3043029105802045732015-12-18T17:11:08.756-08:002015-12-18T17:11:08.756-08:00Wow, Pat! Someone was watching your back, for sure...Wow, Pat! Someone was watching your back, for sure, and Praise Him for doing so!Elaine Stockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16349776598113016833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009438219696051817.post-63974760195509943492015-12-18T17:07:27.063-08:002015-12-18T17:07:27.063-08:00Love your stories on how God has blessed you. Once...Love your stories on how God has blessed you. Once a group of us were going to Houston to help a church share Jesus with the community around them. We were 10 minutes late leaving and our driver was mumbling something about staying on track and on time when we rounded a curve and a log truck had lost its load of logs just a few minutes earlier. If we'd left on time...Patricia Bradleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03382033674042021556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009438219696051817.post-29725559373452958112015-12-18T16:21:52.298-08:002015-12-18T16:21:52.298-08:00My pleasure, Sharon. I'm so glad you're my...My pleasure, Sharon. I'm so glad you're my guest this week!Elaine Stockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16349776598113016833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009438219696051817.post-86360336087873167732015-12-18T15:51:27.025-08:002015-12-18T15:51:27.025-08:00Thank you so much, Elaine. It was a privilege bein...Thank you so much, Elaine. It was a privilege being interviewed by you. God bless you.Sharon K. Connellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04381383066629669570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009438219696051817.post-23203780091731688222015-12-18T14:53:31.225-08:002015-12-18T14:53:31.225-08:00I am so grateful, Rosanna, for your guest appearan...I am so grateful, Rosanna, for your guest appearance this past week on Everyone's Story. Based upon the lovely comments you're received and the strong number of viewer hits received I can tell you've lifted quite a lot of spirits, something this world surely needs!<br /><br />Thanks too for your sweet BookGiveaway of your novel HAND ME DOWN HUSBAND. The winner of this book is...<br /><br />Patty. Congratulations, Patty! Both Rosanna and I will be in touch with you directly via email. Happy reading!<br /><br />Christmas blessings to all. May you all enjoy a peaceful New Year.<br /><br />ElaineElaine Stockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16349776598113016833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009438219696051817.post-81860145527385625132015-12-16T18:22:48.486-08:002015-12-16T18:22:48.486-08:00Hi Kathryn! Interesting how I once longed to be li...Hi Kathryn! Interesting how I once longed to be like everyone else, yet now I am glad not to be homogenized. And I am immensely thankful for the blessings God continually gives me. That being said, I would still trade some of the good things in my life for a family of my own, just as I'm sure that childless married women would (and do) trade for children in their lives!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00102712031990773795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009438219696051817.post-67800205530825111812015-12-16T01:05:37.046-08:002015-12-16T01:05:37.046-08:00Kathryn, I hear you on this one! While "norma...Kathryn, I hear you on this one! While "normal" looks appealing and every now and then I fantasize about it, I wonder if I'd know what to do with it. LOL. If I was normal most of my story ideas would be gone... bye bye writing.Elaine Stockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16349776598113016833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009438219696051817.post-6625670339549556132015-12-15T16:58:32.831-08:002015-12-15T16:58:32.831-08:00Loving the attitude if gratitude. While it's e...Loving the attitude if gratitude. While it's especially hard not to compare myself, have learned that I don't like "normal" anyway! Kathryn Hnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009438219696051817.post-288465368577638102015-12-15T16:00:54.721-08:002015-12-15T16:00:54.721-08:00You're welcome, Patty. Thanks for commenting, ...You're welcome, Patty. Thanks for commenting, and congratulations on your marriage! So true about the church, and I think most of them have no clue and no way to understand it as we do.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00102712031990773795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009438219696051817.post-26056927812171270672015-12-15T14:24:23.407-08:002015-12-15T14:24:23.407-08:00Patty, thanks so much for visiting this evening. O...Patty, thanks so much for visiting this evening. Oh, how I can relate! Though I've been married for 33.5 years, my husband and I have no children and as lovely as fellow church parishioners have been through the years, I still feel out of place among the other women. Yet, I try to focus on God creating me the way He wanted to and loving me for that very reason.<br /><br />Enjoy who you are, Patty... because He makes no mistakes!Elaine Stockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16349776598113016833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009438219696051817.post-65539749175558988932015-12-15T13:14:44.373-08:002015-12-15T13:14:44.373-08:00Thanks for sharing Rosanna! What or who is really ...Thanks for sharing Rosanna! What or who is really 'normal'?<br /><br />Having just married for the first time at the age of 42, I never quite felt I fit in many places... it's sad, but the church is one of those places where an 'older' single person feels out of place. <br /><br />pattymh2000(at)yahoo(dot)comPattyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08047478982437818328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009438219696051817.post-44966385639376862142015-12-13T14:07:35.341-08:002015-12-13T14:07:35.341-08:00Rosanna, so interesting in your timing of the reas...Rosanna, so interesting in your timing of the reason why we need a Savior: my pastor this morning said that if, at the time of the Fall, if God thought we would benefit from better finances He would have sent an economist; if we'd benefit from entertainment an entertainer would have been sent; many etc., but God saw that we needed to be redeemed and sent a Savior! Thank God He did!Elaine Stockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16349776598113016833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009438219696051817.post-23721241813042005722015-12-13T13:37:33.727-08:002015-12-13T13:37:33.727-08:00Hi there, Jean! Thanks for stopping by here.Hi there, Jean! Thanks for stopping by here.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00102712031990773795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009438219696051817.post-73294098644677277932015-12-13T13:36:53.985-08:002015-12-13T13:36:53.985-08:00Ronda, I'm so glad you and others have comment...Ronda, I'm so glad you and others have commented about not feeling "normal" too. I worried that readers here would think that I truly believe that married is normal and single is not and would try to educated me. Heartache, trouble, and disappointment in whatever form they take are the human experience on this fallen planet. And that's why we need a Savior. <br />Regarding the green bean/milkshake sentence--not sure exactly where in my brain that came from, but I laughed out loud when I saw it appear on my computer screen. So fun to see what can come out of my non-normalness! <br />Hope you get to read Hand Me Down Husband, Ronda!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00102712031990773795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009438219696051817.post-16494802651967363922015-12-13T05:01:39.838-08:002015-12-13T05:01:39.838-08:00Nice to see you, Ronda. There's this saying ab...Nice to see you, Ronda. There's this saying about writers that I once heard at a writer's conference (I believe ACFW): we're a bunch of introverts pretending to be extraverts. That's so true of me. However, Rosanna has me now questioning whether the real question is if we're (meaning society and not just writers) all a bunch of inadequate-feeling people within our own skins pretending to have confidence when we face the world? Makes me wonder whether those people I see without a supposed thread of lack of self-confidence are also like me inside: unsure, nervous, and can't wait to get around peace and quiet. Hmm. HIs peace. Yes--that's what helps me make it through the day.Elaine Stockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16349776598113016833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009438219696051817.post-21077234153663270422015-12-13T04:53:50.908-08:002015-12-13T04:53:50.908-08:00Jean, thanks so much for your visit! If you'd ...Jean, thanks so much for your visit! If you'd like to enter Rosanna's Giveaway, please leave your email in another comment or use the Contact Me form on the right-hand column to send me your info privately.<br /><br />Hope to see you again.Elaine Stockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16349776598113016833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009438219696051817.post-3160611372458151242015-12-12T15:10:44.352-08:002015-12-12T15:10:44.352-08:00I'm looking forward to reading "Hand Me D...I'm looking forward to reading "Hand Me Down Husband." It sounds like a great read.Jean Fischerhttps://jeanfischer.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com