by Melinda | Mar 25, 2014 | About Me, All Together Now, Eyes Wide Open, Get Real, God in the Everyday, He's Bigger than Me, Heart talk, Life on the Rock, Listen and Learn, Living the God Life, Lover of My Soul, Working Out Faith
When we were flying home from Tampa, I made my usual stop in the airport restroom. Sitting there, I reached for the toilet paper when I saw it, right there above the dispenser, scratched deeply into the paint: What are you doing? Odd question, I thought, since...
by Melinda | Mar 12, 2014 | Get Real, He's Bigger than Me, Listen and Learn, Living the God Life, Mimmie's Heart, Sitting in the Corner, Thankfulness
Lilli loves her bath. It’s an honest legacy, passed down from her Mimmie who holds her nightly bath time as wholly sacred. Today, after her baby brother’s first nap, she asked if she could take a bath. I figured with me coming in the night before, perhaps she’d...
by Melinda | Feb 27, 2014 | About Me, And We Wait, Free Indeed, Get Real, He's Bigger than Me, Hope, Life Abundant, Life on the Rock, Living Low
I took the afternoon off, yesterday, and did two of my favorite things: cook and catch up on TV shows. Yes, I know that latter part is shallow, but sometimes you just need a break with some fictional crazy instead of your own. Amen? So I was watching a woman...
by Melinda | Feb 18, 2014 | Eyes Wide Open, Get Real, Heart talk, Home on the Range, Life Abundant, Life on the Rock, Listen and Learn, Thankfulness
When we drove in, Sunday night, from our long drive home from Iowa, we saw our barn cat (and rodent-killer extraordinaire), Miloh’s, eyes glowing in the headlights. He was up by the house, in the flower bed, and seemed intent on what he was doing. We...
by Melinda | Feb 12, 2014 | A Heavenly Country, Get Real, God in the Everyday, He's Bigger than Me, Hope, Life on the Rock, Living Low, Trust, Uncategorized, Working Out Faith
I woke up late this morning (which you know, if you follow me on Facebook), and, instead of my usual routine, I had to throw myself together quickly and head out to a doctor’s appointment. While I was hurriedly applying makeup, I realized that I was...
by Melinda | Feb 3, 2014 | Eyes Wide Open, Free Indeed, Get Real, Heart talk, In the Eye of the Beholder, Mimmie's Heart
This weekend, I was cutting up an apple, and immediately thought of Lilli. She will tell you, at any provocation, that apples are her FAVORITE, that she LOVES them, and that they’re yummy for her tummy. When I cut the apple in half, and saw the tiny...