by Melinda | May 16, 2014 | Contentedness, It's a Dog's Life, Life Abundant, Living Low, Living the God Life, Motherhood, My Girls, Thankfulness
Yesterday, I ran across a photo of my girls with our big chocolate lab named Nick. He was one of our best dogs (we’ve had quite a few over the years), a gentle giant and dearly loved, but when he was young, he had a penchant for eating some odd things....
by Melinda | Feb 10, 2014 | Eyes Wide Open, He's Bigger than Me, It's a Dog's Life, Life Abundant, Life on the Rock, Trust
Our dog, Riley, has always been a couch dog. For our entire marriage, none of our dogs were allowed on the furniture. They were all big dogs, ranging from Doberman and Boxer, to Labrador and Golden Retrievers, and all well-trained on the niceties of living in a...
by Melinda | Jan 29, 2014 | He's Bigger than Me, It's a Dog's Life, Life on the Rock, Living Low, Uncategorized, Working Out Faith
Last night our little dog, Riley, seemed agitated. He kept circling me in the kitchen, and, at first, I thought he was begging for food. He can’t have any table scraps, or human food tidbits, with his very sensitive stomach, so I shooed him out. He kept...
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 | 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...
by Melinda | Nov 18, 2013 | A Heavenly Country, God in the Everyday, Home on the Range, It's a Dog's Life, Living Low, Reaching Out
We were minding our own business yesterday. Kevin was working on a fire pit project, and I was working on some things inside the house. Maddie had her usual Sunday afternoon lesson with her usual student, and they were riding at the back of the property....
