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 | Feb 8, 2014 | Dream Scape, Eyes Wide Open, God in the Everyday, Home on the Range, In the Eye of the Beholder, Living the God Life, My Man, Uncategorized
I had a dream last night. First, let me tell you about an issue we’ve been facing since we’ve moved out here. You know all those glorious windows across the back of our house? The ones with the spectacular views? They are in every room, but in the...
by Melinda | Dec 17, 2013 | Christmas, Dream Scape, Eyes Wide Open, He's Bigger than Me, In the Eye of the Beholder, Living the God Life, Lover of My Soul, Working Out Faith
I got a call last night from Emmie. I knew the kids had gone to see Santa, but she’d forgotten to tell me about what Lilli told him. All week she’d been asking her what she was going to ask Santa to bring her for Christmas. “Mommy, I’m...
by Melinda | Sep 30, 2013 | Dream Scape, He's Bigger than Me, Working Out Faith
I woke up this morning feeling excited. It’s the last full work week before we leave for Europe, and even now, even with the documents in my hands, it still doesn’t seem real. We’ve been talking about Europe for a long, LONG time. I have long...
by Melinda | Aug 23, 2013 | A Heavenly Country, Dream Scape, He's Bigger than Me, Random Musings, Relationship, Thankfulness
My husband works for an insurance company. When you deal in life insurance, death is a topic that is put on the table every day, and people don’t always like it. I’ll admit that it’s not the most upbeat topic, even for a blog post, but...
by Melinda | Jul 19, 2013 | Dream Scape, He's Bigger than Me, Reaching Out, Working Out Faith
I’ve been working on a presentation for the office this week. I spent one afternoon looking for quotes that would convey the prevalent idea, and found this one that ended up being the winner. Individual commitment to a group effort – that is what...