by Melinda | Mar 10, 2016 | Eyes Wide Open, In the Eye of the Beholder, This Magic Moment
As we await the arrival of another foal – this time from little miniature horse, “Shadow” – I’ve been looking back at pics from this time last year when Flynn was born. One, in particular, delights me no end. When we took...
by Melinda | Feb 5, 2016 | About Me, Eyes Wide Open, Get Real, God in the Everyday, He Knows Me, He's Bigger than Me, Healing Hearts, Heart talk, His Words, Hope, In the Eye of the Beholder, Life Abundant, Listen and Learn, Living the God Life, Lover of My Soul, Truth, Under His Wings
I love any and all shows having to do with history in a broad sense, or, more specifically, the stories of people’s lives. I really love genealogy shows, for this reason, and was recently watching an episode of Finding Your Roots. While finding out her...
by Melinda | Dec 30, 2015 | About Me, Comparison, Contentedness, Free Indeed, Health, In the Eye of the Beholder, Mimmie's Heart, Thankfulness
Brody is two years and nine months old. Brody is a boy. Brody has discovered what makes him a boy. Brody likes to dance naked and celebrate his boyness. Yes, bath-time, potty-time, and changing clothes has been taken to a whole new level in Brodyland....
by Melinda | Jan 12, 2015 | Contentedness, In the Eye of the Beholder, Life Abundant, Self Help
Do you remember that song by Baz Luhrman, addressing the Class of 1999? It was a compilation of great pieces of advice to a high school graduating class, and I loved it. It started out like this: Ladies and Gentlemen of the class of ’99 If I could offer you only one...
by Melinda | Dec 29, 2014 | Get Real, In the Eye of the Beholder, Movie Review, Truth
**Into the Woods – SPOILER ALERT** Yesterday afternoon, Maddie and I went to a matinee. We went to see something to which we had both been looking forward: Into the Woods. It was originally a Broadway musical garnering great acclaim, including several...
by Melinda | Nov 10, 2014 | All in the Family, Claim to Fame, In the Eye of the Beholder, Legacy
I’ve been reading a small diary, found at my aunt’s house as we’ve been cleaning it out. Written by my great aunt, whom I had heard of but knew little about, it was her account of a trip she took in 1923 with her sister, my grandmother. Her name was...
