by Melinda | Oct 12, 2013 | He's Bigger than Me, Lover of My Soul, Thankfulness, Travel
We slept LATE yesterday. I haven’t slept that late since…well, I don’t know! It was actually very delicious to not care. We decided to head across the street to a local brasserie for lunch. Crammed with locals ducking out of the rain, it was warm...
by Melinda | Oct 5, 2013 | A Heavenly Country, He's Bigger than Me, Marriage, Thankfulness
We stopped at a mall on the way home from work yesterday. Kevin needed a new pair of khaki chino-type pants for our trip, and we popped into an anchor department store to grab a pair. Two hours later, we popped out. Or pooped out might be the more appropriate...
by Melinda | Sep 30, 2013 | Dream Scape, He's Bigger than Me, Working Out Faith
I woke up this morning feeling excited. It’s the last full work week before we leave for Europe, and even now, even with the documents in my hands, it still doesn’t seem real. We’ve been talking about Europe for a long, LONG time. I have long...
by Melinda | Sep 29, 2013 | All Together Now, Free Indeed, God in the Everyday, He's Bigger than Me, Home on the Range, Legacy, My Country, My Politics, Thankfulness
It stopped raining yesterday afternoon and, when it did, the humidity was pushed out by a cool front that brought fresh, delicious breeze and mild temps. I had been working on my project for a baby boy’s nursery. A friend of my daughter’s had seen...
by Melinda | Sep 28, 2013 | A Heavenly Country, God in the Everyday, He's Bigger than Me, Heart talk, Home on the Range, Living the God Life, Lover of My Soul, Thankfulness
Well, that hearth part might be a bit of wishful thinking, since it’s a still a little warm out for a fire. But I like the way those two words go together. Hearth. Home. They both speak of the heart to me, those I love, and what’s most important....
by Melinda | Sep 27, 2013 | About Me, He's Bigger than Me, Heart talk, Thankfulness
Greetings from the road (and my iPhone-the blog mobile app is not cooperating!). I wish I could tell you I’d planned this on-the-road post, but I didn’t. I slept in. I needed the sleep, and I am unashamed. I awoke to a delicious rain. The slow kind...