by Melinda | Nov 23, 2015 | All in the Family, Life Abundant, Mimmie's Heart, My Girls, My Man, Thankfulness
It’s been a really good weekend. So good, in fact, that I realized as I fell in the bed, last night, that I hadn’t written a single word in this place yesterday. And you know what? That’s okay. Why? Because I lived a lot of words. Saturday, I...
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 | Jan 24, 2015 | Healing Hearts, Heart talk, Lover of My Soul, My Girls, Trust
Maddie walked into my kitchen, after work, stopping by to pick up some mail, and said, “Mom, I did something today.” “Don’t you do something everyday?” I replied with a winking smile. “Not like this.” she answered....
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....
