by Melinda | Sep 15, 2013 | He's Bigger than Me, Home on the Range, Living the God Life, Thankfulness, Working Out Faith
We have a pool. When we were looking for a house, we weren’t looking for a pool because we’d had one in Florida and it was fraught with issues. We never used it because it was under a pool cage (better with which to keep the gators and skeeters out,...
by Melinda | Aug 24, 2013 | God in the Everyday, Home on the Range, Marriage, My Man, Thankfulness
My first day to actually be home since I returned from Florida last weekend. It was yesterday. I slept in a little. I sat long and luxuriously, after I wrote yesterday’s post, and had some more quiet time. I caught up on social media, wrote a few notes...
by Melinda | Aug 5, 2013 | All in the Family, Home on the Range, Living Low, Living the God Life, Reaching Out, Relationship, Thankfulness
After a beautiful wedding ceremony under our two big cedar elms, graced by such a lovely breeze you’d never have guessed it was actually August, our family enjoyed one of the loveliest afternoons we’ve had in recent memory. All in all, everything went...
by Melinda | Aug 3, 2013 | All in the Family, He's Bigger than Me, Healing Hearts, Home on the Range, Marriage, Thankfulness
The other night, Kevin and I were working under the trees where his sister will marry today. I stood on a big, flat stone where she will stand, with her daughter, looking at her groom, and said, “This is a literal step in the right direction for your...
by Melinda | Jul 29, 2013 | About Me, Heart talk, Home on the Range, Living the God Life, Marriage, My Girls, My Man, Thankfulness
Kevin and I have been working all weekend, in the yard, to get things ready for his sister’s wedding. We are honored to have her getting married right here on our property, in an intimate ceremony, and it’s been especially sweet preparing for it...
by Melinda | Jul 28, 2013 | All in the Family, God in the Everyday, Home on the Range, Living Low, Marriage, Motherhood, Thankfulness
When Emmie and her family were here this summer, she asked to recreate a photo she saw on Pinterest. Three generations of married women. I’ve taken to calling it the “hands of time,” which is, well, self-explanatory! It’s a neat picture, but...
