by Melinda | Mar 8, 2014 | A Heavenly Country, All Together Now, Eyes Wide Open, Hope, It's Not About Me, Life Abundant, Living Low, Living the God Life
It’s not often I wake up with Elton John singing away in my head. Not that I don’t like Elton, because I heart much of his old stuff from my youth, but I don’t recall it ever being his tunes whose melodies lure me into consciousness. (This is...
by Melinda | Mar 7, 2014 | About Me, All Together Now, Eyes Wide Open, God in the Everyday, Home on the Range, Hope, Life Abundant, Listen and Learn, Lover of My Soul, Thankfulness, Trust
When I opened my eyes this morning, I blinked them closed and then open again, trying to make sense of what I was seeing. It looked different in our room. The morning light that pours through the big windows seemed a different quality. I rolled over and was...
by Melinda | Mar 5, 2014 | All Together Now, Home on the Range, Living Low, Marriage, My Man, Thankfulness
We’ve started doing something new around here. We have two occasional chairs that are tucked into a recessed bookcase in our living room. They are the kind of chairs that typically only get used when we have a roomful of people, but we both love them....
by Melinda | Feb 19, 2014 | All Together Now, It's Not About Me, Living Low, Love Free, Reaching Out
Last night, I met some old high school friends for dinner. I was early, having planned for heavier traffic than was the reality (when does THAT ever happen?), so when I arrived, I told the guy at the host stand how many people were going to be in our party, and...
by Melinda | Feb 17, 2014 | All in the Family, All Together Now, Love Free, Marriage
Last Valentine’s Day, I received news of a trip to Europe, over a candlelit meal. This year, I’ll be at a funeral home viewing. Not exactly the Valentine’s celebration of my dreams. But you know what? Valentine’s Day is a celebration of...
by Melinda | Feb 11, 2014 | All Together Now, Home on the Range, Hope, Thankfulness, Trust
I’m looking out to a white pool deck and white-dusted lounge chairs beyond. Snow and ice. Again. In Texas. TEXAS. We (and by we, I mean all of us, collectively, regardless of where we live, unless there are palm trees involved and then maybe you can apply...
