by Melinda | Jan 7, 2016 | Fear, Get Real, Hard Times, He's Bigger than Me, Living the God Life, Lover of My Soul, Mimmie's Heart, Motherhood
I’d like to take this opportunity to discuss something that is not often the topic of conversation, but must be mentioned from time to time. Poop. Yes, I really just wrote that. And, like I said, it’s not typically a hot topic at dinner parties...
by Melinda | Dec 7, 2015 | Christmas, Motherhood
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 21, 2015 | All in the Family, Motherhood, My Girls
It seems absolutely impossible to me that 29 years ago today, I showed up at the hospital in the wee hours, and in full makeup, to become a mother. Only 23 myself, it seems I thought it would be a breeze and I wouldn’t sweat and cry my makeup off before I...
by Melinda | Aug 4, 2014 | Motherhood, My Girls, Thankfulness
You know, sometimes you don’t realize what your words mean to a person. My youngest daughter is 25 today. She has received a gift from us, has had messages from the whole family, and I’ve talked to her on the phone twice. But when I asked her if...
by Melinda | May 23, 2014 | Life on the Rock, Love Free, Motherhood, My Girls, Social Media, Thankfulness, Trust and Obey, Uncategorized, Under His Wings, Working Out Faith
I began this blog in 2007, and published the post below – my very first – on almost exactly this date that year. Because all social media is being flooded with graduation pictures and the mixed-emotion-laden posts of the new empty nesters, I pulled...
by Melinda | May 16, 2014 | Contentedness, It's a Dog's Life, Life Abundant, Living Low, Living the God Life, Motherhood, My Girls, Thankfulness
Yesterday, I ran across a photo of my girls with our big chocolate lab named Nick. He was one of our best dogs (we’ve had quite a few over the years), a gentle giant and dearly loved, but when he was young, he had a penchant for eating some odd things....
