by Melinda | Sep 7, 2013 | A Heavenly Country, All in the Family, Lover of My Soul, Thankfulness
One of our office management team just returned from Ethiopia. He and his wife didn’t go for a vacation, but they did go to see something very special. Something for which they’d waited a very long time. Their daughter. If you, or anyone you know,...
by Melinda | Sep 3, 2013 | All in the Family, Living Low, Marriage
My parents have been married for 53 years today. I think about that and it fills me with gratitude. When they stood on the altar of First Christian Church in Plano (23 years before Kevin and I stood in the same spot), they made a promise to be there – be present...
by Melinda | Aug 19, 2013 | About Me, All in the Family, Healing Hearts, Mimmie's Heart, Reaching Out, Thankfulness
When my girls were little, my mother gave them an infant washcloth, fashioned into the likeness of a rabbit. It held pieces of ice in the folds, and was used to sooth away little hurts. We called it a “boo-boo bunny.” Fast forward to my grandbabies,...
by Melinda | Aug 12, 2013 | About Me, All in the Family, Marriage, Mimmie's Heart, Motherhood, My Girls, My Man, Reaching Out, Thankfulness
I made a discovery yesterday. I’ve been visiting with my two girlfriends this weekend, Karen, formerly in a high-powered corporate job, now in full-time ministry, and Mary, once in non-profit management, now a Christian speaker, author, and in talent...
by Melinda | Aug 5, 2013 | All in the Family, Home on the Range, Living Low, Living the God Life, Reaching Out, Relationship, Thankfulness
After a beautiful wedding ceremony under our two big cedar elms, graced by such a lovely breeze you’d never have guessed it was actually August, our family enjoyed one of the loveliest afternoons we’ve had in recent memory. All in all, everything went...
by Melinda | Aug 3, 2013 | All in the Family, He's Bigger than Me, Healing Hearts, Home on the Range, Marriage, Thankfulness
The other night, Kevin and I were working under the trees where his sister will marry today. I stood on a big, flat stone where she will stand, with her daughter, looking at her groom, and said, “This is a literal step in the right direction for your...
