by Melinda | Dec 8, 2013 | Eyes Wide Open, God in the Everyday, Home on the Range, In the Eye of the Beholder, Mimmie's Heart, Thankfulness, Uncategorized
If you follow me on Facebook, you know that I got one extra day with my kids. Thank you, bizarro Texas ice storm! We needed diapers (forget bread and milk; priorities, people!), so Kevin bundled up and headed out for town in our diesel 4×4. About half an...
by Melinda | Dec 6, 2013 | A Heavenly Country, Christmas, God in the Everyday, Lover of My Soul, Mimmie's Heart, Thankfulness
It was like any other night of putting Lilli to sleep. She asked for five books (which was negotiated to two) and then, when those were done, she wanted me to sing some songs. I started off with “Somewhere over the Rainbow,” which she always...
by Melinda | Dec 2, 2013 | God in the Everyday, He's Bigger than Me, In the Eye of the Beholder, Living the God Life, Mimmie's Heart
It is my great joy to report that Lilli went to sleep WITH her blanket last night. Of course, she’d been up all day for our Christgiving celebration, and was really tired, but I’m choosing to believe she’d learned her lesson and was being...
by Melinda | Nov 30, 2013 | God in the Everyday, Heart talk, Home on the Range, Lover of My Soul, Relationship, Thankfulness, Uncategorized, Working Out Faith
There is nothing quite like the early hours, especially at this time of year. The pink glow that just starts to cast across the remains of the leaves on the trees, the dark quiet of the house, save for the beautiful twinkle of the Christmas tree, the ticking of...
by Melinda | Nov 26, 2013 | All Together Now, Eyes Wide Open, God in the Everyday, Living Low, Reaching Out
I’ve been thinking about a girl. She works in the coffee shop in our building downtown, and I see her just about everyday. Sometimes I get coffee, sometimes hot tea, sometimes iced. No matter what I order, she remembers how I like it, and delivers a...
by Melinda | Nov 23, 2013 | God in the Everyday, He's Bigger than Me, Home on the Range, Lover of My Soul, Thankfulness
I was blessed to get yesterday off and spend the day inside my warm house, decking its halls for an early Christmas with my immediate family, followed by a packed season of business and extended family festivities. As the winds literally howled outside, and the...
