by Melinda | Mar 23, 2016 | All in the Family, Hard Times, He's Bigger than Me, Hope, Living the God Life, Uncategorized
I’ve been quiet for a while, and that’s been on purpose. For one, I needed a break from social media and the screaming voices of political madness so I could clear my head, and two, it was an incredibly busy week. We had the little man’s 3rd birthday...
by Melinda | Feb 27, 2016 | All in the Family, My Country
I’m sitting in a hotel room in Washington, D.C., as I write this. Here for my cousin, Brigadier General J.B. Burton’s, military retirement, I watched as his 31 year career with the Army was honored. He has had 18 posts, and 9 deployments, including...
by Melinda | Feb 22, 2016 | All in the Family, Dream Scape, Eyes Wide Open, He's Bigger than Me, Life Abundant, Living the God Life, Mimmie's Heart, Uncategorized
I’ve had the kids all weekend, while Emmie’s been out of town, and I say “I” because I whisked them away from our house and back to their own when Brody started running fever, followed very quickly by his sister. Kevin is starting a new...
by Melinda | Feb 16, 2016 | All in the Family, Love Free, Mimmie's Heart, Reaching Out, Relationship, Thankfulness
I typically have Brody on Mondays, and Lilli after school, but since school was out yesterday (but not for Emmie), I had them both. I thought it would be fun to take them to the aquarium, and Rain Forest Cafe, both located in a big mall near her town, so we...
by Melinda | Feb 4, 2016 | All in the Family, Be the Light
I remember her sitting in her red chair, feet propped up on its ottoman, where she would beckon me to sit. She let me try on some of her nightgowns, and since she was often in some sort of lounge wear in her last years, we would sit together, matching, and she...
by Melinda | Jan 22, 2016 | All in the Family, Legacy
He’s always been a bit of a mystery to me, my father’s father. Because he died in a random car accident at the age of 87, and when I was just two weeks old, I have no memory of him at all. He’s a mishmash of family lore and photos in my mind,...
