by Melinda | Dec 29, 2015 | All Together Now, Hard Times, He Knows Me, He's Bigger than Me, Healing Hearts, Hope, Listen and Learn, Lover of My Soul, The Great Uncomfortable, Trust, Uncategorized, Under His Wings, Working Out Faith
The kiddos have been battling either allergies, or the crud, seemingly since school began in the fall. Really, we all have, despite our best efforts to essential-oil ourselves up, eat right, drink raw apple cider wonder potions, or, most of all, keep our...
by Melinda | Dec 27, 2015 | Get Real, Health, Let's Eat, Listen and Learn, Self Help, The Great Uncomfortable
One of the side dishes I served for Christmas dinner was Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Balsamic Reduction and Cranberries. They were delicious, and this is coming from the girl who hated them so much, growing up, that she faced down her father at dinner and was...
by Melinda | Dec 17, 2015 | Be the Light, Christmas, Free Indeed, Giving, Heart talk, It's Not About Me, Legacy, Life on the Rock, Listen and Learn, Living Low, Living the God Life, Love Free
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....
by Melinda | Nov 28, 2015 | Life Abundant, Life on the Rock, Listen and Learn, Living the God Life, Working Out Faith
It has been raining since Thanksgiving evening. The consistent precipitation, ranging from heavy mist to more than one hours-long deluge, is not supposed to let up until tomorrow night. Our completely dry five acre pond is now completely full, water is seeping...
by Melinda | Nov 10, 2015 | Listen and Learn, Love Free, Mimmie's Heart, Social Media
I knew something was wrong the minute she got off the bus. She didn’t make her usual jubilant bee line for me, and didn’t look me in the eye when I leaned in for a kiss. Nope, this wasn’t usual Lilli. “Honey, how was your day?”...
by Melinda | Nov 8, 2015 | God in the Everyday, Hope for the Trail, Listen and Learn, My Man, Obedience, Prayer, Reaching Out, Texas, Thankfulness, Travel
I’m in Fredericksburg, Texas this cold, rainy morning, in a little cottage in the middle of nowhere. Which, of course, equates to no wifi, hence the typing on my phone. Fredericksburg is one of our very favorite places. We return here again and again when...
