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 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...
by Melinda | Feb 1, 2014 | Eyes Wide Open, Free Indeed, He's Bigger than Me, Heart talk, Home on the Range, Lover of My Soul, Thankfulness, Working Out Faith
I woke up this morning in my usual way. Our bedroom seemed really snug and warm, and, I reasoned that it must’ve been because it didn’t get as cold last night. Tossing the thought aside, I donned my robe and slippers, called the dog, and opened the...
by Melinda | Jan 30, 2014 | Free Indeed, Get Real, He's Bigger than Me, Healing Hearts, Heart talk, Life Abundant, Life on the Rock, Listen and Learn, Thankfulness, Trust
I pulled into the garage, yesterday, with a car full of groceries, and, since Kevin’s car was gone, had a clear view of the opposite wall. Our house sits on a slab, and the garage is sunken, requiring steps to walk down into it from the house. Because of...
by Melinda | Jan 20, 2014 | Giving, He's Bigger than Me, Heart talk, Legacy, Living Low, Lover of My Soul, Motherhood, The Glory of Friends, Trust, Uncategorized
On this day, thirty-one years ago, my friend had a baby. She was quite young, and the pregnancy unplanned, and the future of the child – a boy – was uncertain in her care. She loved him in all his sweet and innocent goodness, this flesh of her...
by Melinda | Jan 17, 2014 | He's Bigger than Me, Heart talk, It's Not About Me, Living Low, Living the God Life, Lover of My Soul, Trust
I’ve mentioned before how much I love my home. It’s a simple place, and while it’s set on an extraordinary (at least to my eyes) piece of property, there’s nothing grandiose about it, at all. But it’s more “us” than...
