by Melinda | Jun 5, 2013 | He's Bigger than Me, Healing Hearts, Living Low, Reaching Out, Thankfulness, Uncategorized, Working Out Faith
My dad passed down to me a love for nature. I am very moved by what goes on beyond my window, that natural world where life is teeming and the order of relationship is much the same as when God first spoke it all into existence (or at least how I imagine it...
by Melinda | May 29, 2013 | God in the Everyday, Healing Hearts, Mimmie's Heart, Thankfulness, The Glory of Friends, Working Out Faith
We played a lot of blocks yesterday. I have a whole bucket full of old wooden blocks, the ones in primary colors that anyone around my age had when they were a kid. Lilli has really enjoyed them this visit, dumping them out into a huge pile and building castles...
by Melinda | May 28, 2013 | Healing Hearts, Living the God Life, Relationship, Uncategorized, Working Out Faith
I was talking to a young friend of mine about a really hard situation she’s walked for years with her family. Hurtful, horrible things have happened over which she’s had no control, but has still had to bear the consequences, even as a young girl....
by Melinda | May 25, 2013 | All in the Family, Healing Hearts, Mimmie's Heart, Thankfulness, Working Out Faith
Early yesterday morning, my daughter, Emmie, and my grandson, Brody, headed to the airport. Lilli is staying on with us for another ten days before I take her home just in time for her birthday. I’ve written about those goodbyes before. If Lilli could see...
by Melinda | May 22, 2013 | All in the Family, Healing Hearts, Living Low, Mimmie's Heart, Reaching Out, Relationship, Thankfulness, The Glory of Friends
We were both in my bathroom. Lilli was sitting in the dry bathtub playing with her My Little Pony purse and its contents, which included three bangle bracelets, a pretend makeup compact (or her “hiccup” as she calls it), a comb, and a talking magic...
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by Melinda | May 18, 2013 | All in the Family, Healing Hearts, Living the God Life, Mimmie's Heart, Thankfulness, Uncategorized
When you take care of a newborn, your world is filled with a zillion tiny sounds. You forget that between babies, I think. You expect the wailing (which if forever embedded in your memory), but it’s the squeals, grunts and coos that tickle you or grab your...
