by Melinda | Apr 23, 2013 | God in the Everyday, Healing Hearts, Home on the Range, Living Low, Living the God Life, Thankfulness, Working Out Faith
I was schlepping my laundry basket from my closet to the washer yesterday, trying to get it all in one trip and failing pretty miserably, leaving a trail of socks and underwear in my wake. It’s been a Monday ritual for the last almost-thirty years, with...
by Melinda | Apr 22, 2013 | All in the Family, God in the Everyday, Healing Hearts, In the Eye of the Beholder, Mimmie's Heart, Reaching Out, Thankfulness
I usually wait a couple of weeks after a trip to Florida, for a day when I’m really missing my people down there, then I check the pictures on my phone and iPad and see what I find. With a tech-savvy toddler in the house, there is absolutely NO TELLING...
by Melinda | Apr 20, 2013 | God in the Everyday, Marriage, My Man, Thankfulness, Travel
Yesterday, I had set aside some time to work on our trip to Europe. If you missed that big announcement, my man has blessed me with a trip to France and Italy for our 50-30-50 year (two 50th birthdays and a 30th anniversary!). Let’s just say that Mama...
by Melinda | Apr 16, 2013 | God in the Everyday, Thankfulness, Uncategorized, Working Out Faith
It started yesterday with a Facebook post referencing 9/11. That sadly familiar sense of dread started washing over me as I ran to turn on the news. Not again. Please Lord, not again. However, it had happened again. Senseless violence and death. Innocent lives...
by Melinda | Apr 15, 2013 | God in the Everyday, My Man, Thankfulness, Uncategorized, Working Out Faith
We had a great weekend, enjoying being outside in beautiful weather. We have an overgrown raised garden on the property that we are working to reclaim, and Kevin was outside all yesterday afternoon, cleaning it out and tilling hard ground, adding good compost...
by Melinda | Apr 14, 2013 | God in the Everyday, Relationship, Social Media, Texas, Thankfulness, The Glory of Friends
I graduated from an enormous high school. In 1981, we were the largest graduating class in the state of Texas, with a whopping 1565 seniors walking across the stage that year. Basically, you knew the people with whom you shared activities and classes, but it...
