by Elaine Olsen | Sep 3, 2012 | Beyond Cancer's Scars (the story behind the story), cancer volume 4, faith, family fun, freedom, Lessons from the Lunchroom, parenting
It’s Sunday evening. A table usually reserved for meal times has, instead, become a makeshift teacher’s desk. Lesson plans strewn about, books, DVD’s, grade books, red pens, and unsharpened pencils litter the oak top, alongside my tiredness. I put my head down,...
by Elaine Olsen | Aug 29, 2012 | Beyond Cancer's Scars (the story behind the story), book release, courage, living God's truth, pain, suffering
I recognize this girl. Perhaps you do as well. Every now and again, she shows up on the front curb of my heart, marks off her thirty-six inches of personal space, and refuses to budge from her spot . . . not even for the garbage truck. She’ll risk a little stink in...
by Elaine Olsen | Aug 23, 2012 | Beyond Cancer's Scars (the story behind the story), book release, cancer, cancer volume 4
And so it arrives . . . this moment I’ve been anticipating for over a year now. The day when I can release to you to the words God gave to me over the course of forty days last summer. It’s my cancer story, wrapped up in words and memories that express both joy and...
by Elaine Olsen | Jul 12, 2012 | Beyond Cancer's Scars (the story behind the story), cancer, cancer volume 4, words, writing
Six years is a long time to hold on to a dream. Really, I’ve been dreaming the dream much longer than that. Some dreams initiate in childhood when minds are less cluttered, less bothered, and more willing to believe that it could easily and actually happen—the...
by Elaine Olsen | Jul 10, 2012 | Beyond Cancer's Scars (the story behind the story), cancer, cancer volume 4, words, writing
“Out of your poverty, Elaine, surrender your pen.” His words are as clear to me today as they were for me on that Friday night, June 10, 2011. The memory lingers fully . . . beautifully in my heart. Heavenly impressions are not easily forgotten. When God presses...
by Elaine Olsen | Jul 8, 2012 | Beyond Cancer's Scars (the story behind the story), words, writing
We’re inching ever closer to the release of my 2nd book, Beyond Cancer’s Scars: Laying Claim to a Stronger Spirit. I say “we” because it has been a collective effort. No words, no stories are written in isolation. They may feel lonely at the time of their penning, but...
