by Melinda | Feb 29, 2016 | Dream Scape, Eyes Wide Open, Free Indeed, He Knows Me, He's Bigger than Me, Hope, Life Abundant, Life on the Rock, Uncategorized
As I have well-documented, Brody is obsessed with Toy Story. We discovered that there are some Toy Story short films available now, beyond the full-length movies, and one of them is Toy Story That Time Forgot. It mainly focuses on Trixie and Rex, the two...
by Melinda | Feb 22, 2016 | All in the Family, Dream Scape, Eyes Wide Open, He's Bigger than Me, Life Abundant, Living the God Life, Mimmie's Heart, Uncategorized
I’ve had the kids all weekend, while Emmie’s been out of town, and I say “I” because I whisked them away from our house and back to their own when Brody started running fever, followed very quickly by his sister. Kevin is starting a new...
by Melinda | Nov 6, 2015 | All Together Now, Dream Scape, Life Abundant, Living in the Moment, My Man, Texas, Time, Travel
We had just enjoyed a lovely evening at a waterside table, overlooking the famed San Antonio River Walk. Lights played across the ripples left in the wake of the tourist boats as ducks vied for tortilla chip crumbs, all against the backdrop of live mariachis....
by Melinda | Feb 20, 2015 | All Together Now, Dream Scape, Fear, He Knows Me, He's Bigger than Me, Life on the Rock, Trust
I’ve been having some crazy dreams, lately. Dreams involving bizarre, random scenarios with my family, my friends, and even TV personalities, like the Bravermans from Parenthood. (Did you know that Julia and Hank are now an item?) Last night’s...
by Melinda | Jan 1, 2015 | Dream Scape, Eyes Wide Open, He's Bigger than Me, Hope, Life Abundant, This Magic Moment, Truth
I wonder if it’s a good omen if you’re nudged gently out of a sound slumber by Michael BublĂ© on New Year’s Day. Because I was, and he was serenading me, even, which I thought was very nice, since he wasn’t even there in person. Instead,...
by Melinda | Dec 26, 2014 | Dream Scape, Get Real, Marriage
It’s the day after Christmas. I don’t know about you, but every year on this day I start looking forward. A new year stretches out before me like a blank page and that excites me. At the end of 1999, we were living in Iowa and wondering, like everyone...