Megan McElf

SGAA HQ Elf. Glass artisan. Writer. Caffeine addict. Mom-traveler with 2 micro humans.

[Megan McElf @mc_elf]

We're just scratching the surface of stained glass in Buffalo... Thank you so much to @johnpaget and @VisitBuffaloNY for helping us tell this story!!

https://t.co/JM0kIKtKnN

[Megan McElf @mc_elf]

"Apologize" for @buffaloartsstudio Live on Five 2024!!
#liveonfive2024 #stainedglass #community #buffalony

[Mark Poloncarz @markpoloncarz]

A new, thought provoking exhibit is showing at CEPA Gallery: The Power of Resilience and Hope - Photography and the Holocaust: Then and Now.

Thank you to Chief Curator Robert Hirsch for today's tour and I highly recommend all check it out. Learn more:
https://t.co/eJpbafsUOW

[Ritchie Torres @RitchieTorres]

I had the honor of delivering the annual MLK sermon at Central Synagogue.

My speech touches on a range of topics and themes: October 7th, Jim Crow, Leo Frank, MLK, Elie Wiesel, silence, indifference, moral clarity, nonviolence, Israel, Am Yisrael Chai, Hatikvah, and hope.

[Megan McElf @mc_elf]

9YO: "Can I come back to life after I die? Like maybe after I rest for a year?"

Me: "... Out of curiosity, is there any additional... context?"

9YO: "I'd like to come back as a fish in a zoo so I can see the rest of the tank. But also can we go to a corn maze soon?"

#dinner

[Megan McElf @mc_elf]

I don't wear black because I'm an artist, I wear black because I spill coffee a lot and black hides it best.
#coffee #artadvocate #CoffeeTime

[Megan McElf @mc_elf]

My office got some new bling!!! Can't wait to add these to the website for members, thank you, @OxfordPennant!!

[Megan McElf @mc_elf]

Possible book title: "All the genes that were in me somewhere but never got turned on:
A parenting guide"

[Megan McElf @mc_elf]

"You're standing in the middle of the way!!!"

Said my child to the world.

[Megan McElf @mc_elf]

The perfect day for the water main break near your house is the day when you need to do the most amount of laundry.

[Megan McElf @mc_elf]

This kitten was left in the shopping bag on the steps of the church where I work. We share a very similar love language. I kept it.
#kitten #rescue

[Megan McElf @mc_elf]

"When you ask humans to mate in informative ways, it upsets them." #onlythecoolestdinnerparties

[Megan McElf @mc_elf]

To add slightly more context: after 15 hours on the road, I had to battle the kids to stay in a hotel at all because they thought we were just supposed to sleep in the car. Are we scrappy? Resilient? Hardy? I'm not sure. But the expectations are definitely a #spicydisaster here.

[Megan McElf @mc_elf]

My kiddo has declared that @Home2Suites is "basically a resort" -- is this my failure as a parent? Or are the snack gift bags at check-in just that exciting? #travelingwithmicrohumans

[Megan McElf @mc_elf]

Apparently, Lutherans have their own sushi: Luth Sush. As an Episcopalian, I'm trying to decide whether or not I feel left out, apathetic, or if this is a call to action?

[Megan McElf @mc_elf]

El Cheapo, Bubba's Bistro, Love's, Lion's Den, Hooters... I forgot what an inspirational stretch of highway this was!

[Megan McElf @mc_elf]

When your kids are old enough to actually read the GPS, it's a travel game changer. I can't convince them there's 11dee2 miles to go anymore. Or that "we're almost there" for 9 straight hours.... Worse, they actually recognize and call me out when I make a wrong turn?!?!

[Megan McElf @mc_elf]

In summary, small people become wild animals after several hours in a vehicle. After that, you must interpret noises as signals for bodily functions. When they start howling, it's an emergency and it is time to pull over.

[Megan McElf @mc_elf]

"Mom. Mom. Mom. Mom. Mommy. Mom. Mom."

"Yes?"

"Can we go any faster?"

"Please don't tempt me."

#vacationwithmicrohumans

[Megan McElf @mc_elf]

"Mom. Mom. Mom. Mom. Mom. Mommy. Mom. Mom. Mom."

"Yes?"

"Liam is breathing SO. LOUD."

#kiddosoncartrips