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...
by Melinda | Jul 28, 2013 | All in the Family, God in the Everyday, Home on the Range, Living Low, Marriage, Motherhood, Thankfulness
When Emmie and her family were here this summer, she asked to recreate a photo she saw on Pinterest. Three generations of married women. I’ve taken to calling it the “hands of time,” which is, well, self-explanatory! It’s a neat picture, but...
by Melinda | Jul 21, 2013 | All in the Family, Home on the Range, Living Low, Mimmie's Heart, Reaching Out, Thankfulness
My daughter, Emmie, was trying all of Lilli’s shoes on her recently, as she had seemed to have a bit of a growth spurt in her feet. They were going through each pair, when Emmie asked Lilli a question. “Lilli, if you could wear any shoes you wanted every...
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by Melinda | Jul 14, 2013 | All in the Family, Marriage, Relationship, Thankfulness, The Glory of Friends, Uncategorized
I stood, visually scanning the room and taking in all the faces. People were pouring in, anxious to find the birthday boy, our dear friend, Doug. I recognized family faces in the crowd, and spotted a precious teacher my kids had when they were in school with...
by Melinda | Jul 2, 2013 | All in the Family, He's Bigger than Me, Home on the Range, Thankfulness, Uncategorized
At the very highest point of our property, there is a perfect spot to watch the sunset. It was there, last night, that I snapped this, and sent it to my dad. Dad is the world-champion sunset viewer. He’s viewed thousands of them, enthralled every single...
by Melinda | Jun 24, 2013 | All in the Family, God in the Everyday, Healing Hearts, Marriage, Thankfulness
Yesterday, I spent the entire afternoon sitting on the concrete floor of my hallway, surrounded by mounds of loose photographs. There is a bank of closets there, where a lot of things were quickly shoved as we moved in (over a year ago!), just to get them out...
