by Melinda | Feb 19, 2016 | About Me, God in the Everyday, He Knows Me, He's Bigger than Me, Healing Hearts, Life Abundant, Life on the Rock, Living the God Life, Lover of My Soul, This Magic Moment, Trust and Obey, Uncategorized, Under His Wings
I love nature. I relish being outside, and when I can’t, I enjoy being where I have a really good view. It’s one of the reasons I love my house so much, because not only does it sit in a beautiful rural setting, but it also has floor to ceiling...
by Melinda | Feb 5, 2016 | About Me, Eyes Wide Open, Get Real, God in the Everyday, He Knows Me, He's Bigger than Me, Healing Hearts, Heart talk, His Words, Hope, In the Eye of the Beholder, Life Abundant, Listen and Learn, Living the God Life, Lover of My Soul, Truth, Under His Wings
I love any and all shows having to do with history in a broad sense, or, more specifically, the stories of people’s lives. I really love genealogy shows, for this reason, and was recently watching an episode of Finding Your Roots. While finding out her...
by Melinda | Jan 21, 2016 | Healing Hearts, It's Not About Me, Living Low
I’ve been watching a lot of Toy Story lately. While Brody doesn’t ask to watch TV all day long (hurray!), he has taken a shine to this particular movie trilogy and wants it and it alone when the mood strikes. And you know what? That’s fine...
by Melinda | Jan 19, 2016 | Free Indeed, Get Real, He Knows Me, Healing Hearts, Self Help, Thankfulness, The Great Uncomfortable, Truth
Brody was asleep, and because Lilli was off school on Monday, the two of us spent his naptime hours together. We brought down some games from upstairs and jumped in with gusto. Girlfriend LOVES games. Toward the end of his naptime, and of the last game, she...
by Melinda | Jan 17, 2016 | Grief, Hard Times, He Knows Me, Healing Hearts, His Words, Hope
This week, I heard the news that a friend had lost her husband of only a year to a tragic, almost impossible-sounding accident. I don’t know her well, but I do know that this relationship was one that had helped to restore some of her broken places, one...
by Melinda | Jan 4, 2016 | Christmas, Free Indeed, Get Real, Healing Hearts, Heart talk, Home on the Range, Life Abundant, Living Low
I have purging on the brain. I can think of nothing else, really, and feel almost like an expectant mother in the throes of nesting, such is my urgency. Every cabinet, every drawer, seemingly threatens to spill its contents at my feet upon every opening. I feel...
