by Melinda | Jan 9, 2014 | About Me, Eyes Wide Open, God in the Everyday, He's Bigger than Me, Lover of My Soul, Thankfulness, Uncategorized
I woke up to a sea of white. Or gray, actually. No snow, but a very dense fog filling up the valleys and obscuring the trees. There’s no sign of the neighbor’s Texas flag, snapping proudly in the wind, which I can usually see through bare branches....
by Melinda | Jan 8, 2014 | About Me, Eyes Wide Open, He's Bigger than Me, Heart talk, It's a Dog's Life, Living the God Life, Uncategorized, Working Out Faith
I worked from home yesterday. It was just me and my dog, Riley, hanging out together, and it was pretty quiet for most of the morning. Until he noticed something out the window. Now, as we’ve discussed, I have a lot of windows across the back of my house....
by Melinda | Jan 7, 2014 | Free Indeed, God in the Everyday, He's Bigger than Me, Lover of My Soul, Relationship, Working Out Faith
Remember the whole gun safe incident? Well, I’m happy to report (no, really, I am) that I was wrong and Kevin was right. He went to the doctor for x-rays, and his thumb was not broken, but had suffered, instead, a severe contusion. It’s still dang...
by Melinda | Jan 4, 2014 | A Heavenly Country, All Together Now, Free Indeed, He's Bigger than Me, Home on the Range, Living the God Life, Working Out Faith
Someone recently told Kevin that the cost of solar had really come down. We’d talked about going solar if we ever built another house (as that’s the least expensive time to do it), but since we just moved into this one, and because it’s very...
by Melinda | Dec 31, 2013 | He's Bigger than Me, Lover of My Soul, My Man, Uncategorized
…New Year’s Eve… That song has always been incredibly romantic to me. So much so, that you’d think we always had elaborate plans, and rang in the dawn of each new year in style. But you’d be wrong. Truly, I don’t think...
by Melinda | Dec 30, 2013 | He's Bigger than Me, Healing Hearts, Heart talk, It's a Dog's Life, Lover of My Soul
You may remember, when we were on our trip to Europe, that our little dog, Riley, died, then miraculously came back to life. It was weird and wonderful – it was God – and Riley has been right as rain ever since. There are, however, a few things of...
