by Melinda | Jul 25, 2016 | Be the Light, Hope, It's Not About Me, Living Low, My Country, My Politics, Purpose, Working Out Faith
It has been so long since I’ve written in this place that I discovered the theme we’d originally built the site on was no longer working with the current WordPress platform, and I had to have my web designer update it to work. That’s why it looks slightly different, but – BONUS – you can easily read from a handheld device now.
#winning.
by Melinda | Mar 7, 2016 | All Together Now, Be the Light, Community, Living Low, Living the God Life, Relationship, Respect
It ended last night. On the heart-wrenching strains of Auld Lang Syne, the picture panned away from a snow-covered Downton Abbey, and the story of the Crawley family, as we know it, came to a close. I cried. I know it’s ridiculous, but tears fell as...
by Melinda | Mar 2, 2016 | Be the Light, He's Bigger than Me, Hope, My Country, My Politics, Reaching Out
On this morning after Super Tuesday, when it appears that the country has lost its mind, I am going to talk about something that doesn’t have anything but a positive effect on my blood pressure: Rainbows and kittens. “She jests,” you might be...
by Melinda | Feb 17, 2016 | Be the Light, God in the Everyday, Living Low, Living the God Life, Reaching Out, Thankfulness, Working Out Faith
I’ve mentioned before that I’m a history and documentary buff. Because I think it’s important, I periodically re-watch Ken Burns’ THE WAR, which is one of the most excellent bodies of work on WWII that I’ve ever seen. Just prior to the...
by Melinda | Feb 4, 2016 | All in the Family, Be the Light
I remember her sitting in her red chair, feet propped up on its ottoman, where she would beckon me to sit. She let me try on some of her nightgowns, and since she was often in some sort of lounge wear in her last years, we would sit together, matching, and she...
by Melinda | Feb 1, 2016 | Be the Light
This weekend, I cleaned out two jam-packed closets, all of my bathroom drawers and cabinets, and my pantry. From them, I took out four big trash bags of garbage, and four more bags and a box for charity. It’s so amazing to me how much stuff I let pile up....
