by Melinda | Jun 12, 2013 | All in the Family, God in the Everyday, Living Low, Reaching Out, Thankfulness
There are those people in life who sort of glide through their days and their relationships and their jobs with an ease and elegance that you don’t see all the time. They speak with respect, always putting the other person first. Their words are uplifting...
by Melinda | Jun 11, 2013 | All in the Family, Lilli's Letters, Mimmie's Heart, Uncategorized
My darling Lilli…when you get to be as old as your Mimmie, you might start to realize there are things you wish you’d said more intentionally to your own kids, as they were growing up, or, at the very least, you’ll wish you had said them better. I heard...
by Melinda | May 31, 2013 | About Me, All in the Family, God in the Everyday, Home on the Range, In the Eye of the Beholder, Mimmie's Heart, Texas, Thankfulness
I leave at O’dark-thirty in the morning for the airport and will be in the air (Lord willing) when I normally would be posting my morning thoughts. I have no idea what our travel day will look like; truly, with an almost-preschooler anything –...
by Melinda | May 25, 2013 | All in the Family, Healing Hearts, Mimmie's Heart, Thankfulness, Working Out Faith
Early yesterday morning, my daughter, Emmie, and my grandson, Brody, headed to the airport. Lilli is staying on with us for another ten days before I take her home just in time for her birthday. I’ve written about those goodbyes before. If Lilli could see...
by Melinda | May 24, 2013 | All in the Family, God in the Everyday, Home on the Range, Living the God Life, Mimmie's Heart, Thankfulness, Uncategorized, Working Out Faith
Late naps. While they seem like a good idea at the time, they never really are. Case in point: Lilli fell into a dead sleep when I laid her down for a “little nap” at 3:30. At that point I would’ve usually had her power through it to an early...
by Melinda | May 23, 2013 | About Me, All in the Family, Living Low, Mimmie's Heart, My Man, Relationship, Thankfulness
I’m a little late getting started with this post this morning. I’ve got the early morning feeding with our little man while Emmie’s here, and he usually goes right back to sleep after his bottle. However, this morning he was chatty, in his...
