by Melinda | Nov 17, 2014 | Christmas, Home on the Range, Hope, Legacy
It took me all weekend, but it’s done. My house is decorated for Christmas. And you know what? It’s beautiful. Warm. Inviting. And it makes me happy. I’m sitting here by a fire that my man laid for me this morning, admiring my sparkling tree,...
by Melinda | Nov 9, 2014 | Fear, His Words, Hope, Uncategorized, Under His Wings, Working Out Faith
Every Sunday around here is for His words instead of mine. Feeling unsure about things? Today? The future? He has something to say about that. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your...
by Melinda | Nov 5, 2014 | Free Indeed, Hope, Legacy, My Country, Thankfulness
I love to vote. Regardless of the turnout (although, who doesn’t want it to go their way?), I love the feeling that I get when I walk out of my polling precinct with that little “I Voted” sticker on my shirt. I feel like I’ve done my part, that...
by Melinda | Nov 3, 2014 | He Knows Me, He's Bigger than Me, Hope, It's Not About Me, Legacy
It’s all over the news and social media. Brittany Maynard, the 29-year-old woman with a terminal brain cancer, and a six-months-to-live diagnosis from her doctors, has died on her own terms, and by her own hand, right on the date she scheduled. It’s...
by Melinda | Aug 26, 2014 | All in the Family, Hope, Legacy, Life on the Rock, Lover of My Soul, Thankfulness, Uncategorized
We went to see my 87-year-old Aunt Mary Ellen yesterday. She’s my dad’s last living sibling and only sister, and, suffering from the effects of congestive heart failure and pneumonia, she’s had a very rough go of it the last few weeks. Mary...
by Melinda | Aug 22, 2014 | Free Indeed, He's Bigger than Me, Home on the Range, Hope, Living the God Life, My Man, Work
About three weeks ago, Kevin threw his back out. He’s done it before, but this time was a lot worse, and when it happened the lawn needed to be mowed. It’s quite a bit of grass that we mow around the house, and it was looking pretty shaggy. I...
