by Melinda | Mar 24, 2016 | Authenticity, Eyes Wide Open, Get Real
I noticed it while I was cleaning off our partner’s desk. On Kevin’s side was, what for all intents and purposes, a chunk of rock. It was old looking, kind of the color of charcoal, save for the glints of gold sparkling from every crack and crevice....
by Melinda | Mar 10, 2016 | Eyes Wide Open, In the Eye of the Beholder, This Magic Moment
As we await the arrival of another foal – this time from little miniature horse, “Shadow” – I’ve been looking back at pics from this time last year when Flynn was born. One, in particular, delights me no end. When we took...
by Melinda | Mar 4, 2016 | Eyes Wide Open, God in the Everyday, Living the God Life
We were in line at Chick-fil-A, Brody and I, getting ready to place our order. When it was our turn, I stepped up and started listing it off to the cashier. Just as I’d finished telling her that Brody would have a 6-piece nugget meal, he placed his hands...
by Melinda | Mar 1, 2016 | All Together Now, Eyes Wide Open, Get Real, He's Bigger than Me, Humility, My Country, My Politics, Trust and Obey, Under His Wings
I’m heading to the polls today, like many of you. Truly, I feel like I’m carrying a two-ton weight on my back as I go, a burden of frustration and disheartened sadness that I’ve never before carried into an election. I know that whomever sits...
by Melinda | Feb 29, 2016 | Dream Scape, Eyes Wide Open, Free Indeed, He Knows Me, He's Bigger than Me, Hope, Life Abundant, Life on the Rock, Uncategorized
As I have well-documented, Brody is obsessed with Toy Story. We discovered that there are some Toy Story short films available now, beyond the full-length movies, and one of them is Toy Story That Time Forgot. It mainly focuses on Trixie and Rex, the two...
by Melinda | Feb 22, 2016 | All in the Family, Dream Scape, Eyes Wide Open, He's Bigger than Me, Life Abundant, Living the God Life, Mimmie's Heart, Uncategorized
I’ve had the kids all weekend, while Emmie’s been out of town, and I say “I” because I whisked them away from our house and back to their own when Brody started running fever, followed very quickly by his sister. Kevin is starting a new...
