by Melinda | Aug 6, 2013 | He's Bigger than Me, Healing Hearts, Heart talk, Thankfulness, Working Out Faith
I’ve been up since 3:00 am. Not because I wanted to be, mind you, but I just woke up and couldn’t go back to sleep. This used to be a big problem for me, and, thankfully, I’ve made some changes and it’s happening much less frequently....
by Melinda | Aug 5, 2013 | All in the Family, Home on the Range, Living Low, Living the God Life, Reaching Out, Relationship, Thankfulness
After a beautiful wedding ceremony under our two big cedar elms, graced by such a lovely breeze you’d never have guessed it was actually August, our family enjoyed one of the loveliest afternoons we’ve had in recent memory. All in all, everything went...
by Melinda | Aug 4, 2013 | Heart talk, My Girls, Relationship, Thankfulness
I was enormous and uncomfortable the day you were born. You were very late, after all, and my patience had run thin for you to just get here already, and let me see your face. I was scurrying (as best as a 10 months pregnant woman can) to get ready for you to be...
by Melinda | Aug 3, 2013 | All in the Family, He's Bigger than Me, Healing Hearts, Home on the Range, Marriage, Thankfulness
The other night, Kevin and I were working under the trees where his sister will marry today. I stood on a big, flat stone where she will stand, with her daughter, looking at her groom, and said, “This is a literal step in the right direction for your...
by Melinda | Aug 2, 2013 | All in the Family, Living Low, Marriage, Reaching Out, Thankfulness
My sister-in-law was out at our place exactly one year ago, this weekend, with her then new-to-us boyfriend. She’d been dating him a while, but none of us had ever met him. We had a nice family get-together, and all really liked him. Apparently they both...
