by Melinda | Feb 10, 2016 | Eyes Wide Open, Fear, Free Indeed, Love Free
During my drive back and forth to Emmie’s to watch the kids, I listen to a lot of audio books. Words float on the air, in and out of my head like much of those spoken in life. However, now and then a group of words come together to beg me sit up straight,...
by Melinda | Feb 5, 2016 | About Me, Eyes Wide Open, Get Real, God in the Everyday, He Knows Me, He's Bigger than Me, Healing Hearts, Heart talk, His Words, Hope, In the Eye of the Beholder, Life Abundant, Listen and Learn, Living the God Life, Lover of My Soul, Truth, Under His Wings
I love any and all shows having to do with history in a broad sense, or, more specifically, the stories of people’s lives. I really love genealogy shows, for this reason, and was recently watching an episode of Finding Your Roots. While finding out her...
by Melinda | Jan 9, 2016 | Eyes Wide Open, He's Bigger than Me, Life on the Rock, Listen and Learn, Obedience, Purpose, Thankfulness, The Great Uncomfortable, Trust, Truth, Uncategorized, Under His Wings, Working Out Faith
I have a good friend who just got back from Key West. She went with her daughter, and I asked, when I discovered they were going, if they chose to go there because they were Hemingway fans. That wasn’t the reason, but his Key West house is one of my...
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by Melinda | Dec 31, 2015 | And We Wait, Contentedness, Eyes Wide Open, He's Bigger than Me, Life on the Rock, Listen and Learn, Mimmie's Heart
Brody got a ride-on CAT four-wheeler for Christmas, which he calls a “Monster Truck.” It’s made for a toddler, and came with a little yellow CAT construction helmet, which he loves. Fortunately for us, the kids just stayed after Christmas, so...
by Melinda | Dec 26, 2015 | Christmas, Eyes Wide Open, Free Indeed, Get Real, Heart talk, Life Abundant, The Great Uncomfortable
Here I sit, amidst the wreckage. Piles of boxes and gifts everywhere. Toys, shiny and new, lining the walls. My babies are asleep in their beds, and their mother has hit the road for a much needed vacation, so they are with us for the next eight days. Yesterday was a...
by Melinda | Dec 19, 2015 | Christmas, Eyes Wide Open, Get Real, God in the Everyday, Living in the Moment, This Magic Moment, Truth, Working Out Faith
I thought I might do a little something, this year, that would help me focus on what this season is really about, and maybe it could help you, too. I’m going to take the story of Jesus’s birth, found in Luke 2, and go verse by verse, 1 through 24, to see what happens....
