by Melinda | May 22, 2013 | All in the Family, Healing Hearts, Living Low, Mimmie's Heart, Reaching Out, Relationship, Thankfulness, The Glory of Friends
We were both in my bathroom. Lilli was sitting in the dry bathtub playing with her My Little Pony purse and its contents, which included three bangle bracelets, a pretend makeup compact (or her “hiccup” as she calls it), a comb, and a talking magic...
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by Melinda | May 18, 2013 | All in the Family, Healing Hearts, Living the God Life, Mimmie's Heart, Thankfulness, Uncategorized
When you take care of a newborn, your world is filled with a zillion tiny sounds. You forget that between babies, I think. You expect the wailing (which if forever embedded in your memory), but it’s the squeals, grunts and coos that tickle you or grab your...
by Melinda | May 16, 2013 | All in the Family, Mimmie's Heart, Texas, Thankfulness, Travel
I have extra heartbeats under my roof, which puts me in my happy place. We had a joyous reunion at the airport, as a little curly-headed almost three year-old came flying across baggage claim, arms wide open yelling, “MIMMIE!!!!” A movie director...
by Melinda | May 13, 2013 | All in the Family, Living the God Life, Mimmie's Heart, My Girls, Texas, Thankfulness, Working Out Faith
The sheets are changed on the bunkbeds. The booster seat is firmly attached to one of the kitchen chairs and bath toys are in the tub. The infant bouncy seat cover is washed and ready for action, and the pack and play is in place. Later today, the car seat will...
by Melinda | May 12, 2013 | All in the Family, Motherhood, Reaching Out, Relationship, Thankfulness
I have a wonderful mother. I marvel unto this day, this 49th Mother’s day of my life, that God saw fit to put me into my particular family, my particular mother’s arms, because it was an idyllic way to be raised. She stopped whatever she was doing...
by Melinda | May 9, 2013 | All in the Family, Bible Study, God in the Everyday, God Stories, Thankfulness, Travel, Working Out Faith
I cleaned out some closets over the weekend, one of which was the storage closet in my grandkid room. Mostly, I have toys and baby equipment in there, but the top shelves are filled with photo albums, baby books, and old Bible study notebooks and materials....
