by Melinda | May 24, 2014 | All in the Family, Contentedness, God Stories, Legacy, Life Abundant, Relationship, Trust, Uncategorized, Under His Wings, Working Out Faith
About five years ago, I wrote a piece about my mother-in-law. When a young woman faces the altar, she hopes against hope that she will have a good relationship with her husband’s mother, instead of the stereotypical alternative. However, I knew, going in,...
by Melinda | May 19, 2014 | All in the Family, Legacy, Life on the Rock, Thankfulness, The Church, The Glory of Friends
As I walked up to the park pavilion, I immediately saw my mom and dad, mixing about with a good-sized group of other folks their age. The closer I got, the more the familiar faces came into view. Older, yes, but there were none so changed that recognition was a...
by Melinda | Apr 30, 2014 | All in the Family, Dream Scape, Home on the Range, It's Not About Me, Legacy, Life Abundant, Living the God Life, Mimmie's Heart, Texas, Thankfulness, This Magic Moment
I’m not sure when this dream began. Now that I think about it, it may have been as early as when I was a girl, and we went to my Uncle Leland’s lake house. He had an A-frame, fitted with a stairway that led up to a room tucked into the point of the...
by Melinda | Apr 28, 2014 | All in the Family, All Together Now, Life on the Rock, Listen and Learn, Living the God Life, Mimmie's Heart, Uncategorized, Working Out Faith
We had a fun family day yesterday. Between both families, we saw lots of people in one big swoop, and ended up at Kevin’s mother’s house. His sister and her little girl were there, too, much to Lilli’s delight. She and Collin played well...
by Melinda | Apr 23, 2014 | All in the Family, God in the Everyday, Legacy, Life Abundant, Living Low, Thankfulness
Good morning Mom! It smells like coffee in my house on this, your 74th birthday. It would smell like home to you, as it certainly does for me, being one of the defining smells of my childhood. I remember waking up in the very wee hours of the morning, spying a...
by Melinda | Apr 19, 2014 | All in the Family, Legacy, Life Abundant, Thankfulness
Good morning, Dad. The sun has risen on this, your 78th birthday, and it’s shining its promise of glorious delight out across the tree tops of the ranch. You would love the view. The birds are competing in song, and in just about every other way, right now. It...
