by Melinda | Nov 13, 2014 | All Together Now, Eyes Wide Open, Get Real, Listen and Learn, My Country, Uncategorized
Disclaimer: To my educator friends: I ADORE you. You do what I believe is the hardest job out there (second only to parenting), and many of you are forced to teach a mandated curriculum, in a mandated way, for thankless pay. This is not written against you, but in...
by Melinda | Nov 7, 2014 | Eyes Wide Open, Get Real, It's Not About Me, Living Low
It happened yesterday, just before I left to run errands. I was washing a few dishes, gazing out the window at the view I love: lots and lots of trees, and beautiful, rolling terrain. The particular tree my eye was trained on (for no particular reason) started to...
by Melinda | Nov 4, 2014 | Eyes Wide Open, God in the Everyday, Life on the Rock, Thankfulness
I’ve been a little sad about the lack of fall color in my neck of the woods this year. Last year was spectacular, but this year just hasn’t packed much of a punch. So I was surprised when I walked out this morning and this was my view out the...
by Melinda | Nov 1, 2014 | All in the Family, All Together Now, Blogging, Eyes Wide Open, God in the Everyday, Thankfulness
I pulled up the blog this morning, noting that the last post was written on August 26th about my Aunt Mary Ellen. I smiled, finding it fitting since my intent was to write about her again this morning, my first day back after a long break. Mary Ellen met her...
by Melinda | Jul 5, 2014 | Eyes Wide Open, Free Indeed, Healing Hearts, In the Eye of the Beholder, Life Abundant, Lover of My Soul, Working Out Faith
Did you have fun last night? Food? Fireworks? I hope so. Freedom is certainly something to be celebrated. We grilled out, and were supposed to head to a neighbor’s house, who lives behind us, for fireworks with about 200 of their closest friends, but...
by Melinda | Jun 25, 2014 | Comparison, Contentedness, Eyes Wide Open, Get Real, Work
There are a million memes that pop up in my social media feeds every day. Every. Single. Day. But every so often, one pops up that knocks my socks off, and yesterday delivered such a powerhouse. It’s something, isn’t it? The thing is, it’s a...
