by Melinda | Apr 23, 2014 | All in the Family, God in the Everyday, Legacy, Life Abundant, Living Low, Thankfulness
Good morning Mom! It smells like coffee in my house on this, your 74th birthday. It would smell like home to you, as it certainly does for me, being one of the defining smells of my childhood. I remember waking up in the very wee hours of the morning, spying a...
by Melinda | Apr 19, 2014 | All in the Family, Legacy, Life Abundant, Thankfulness
Good morning, Dad. The sun has risen on this, your 78th birthday, and it’s shining its promise of glorious delight out across the tree tops of the ranch. You would love the view. The birds are competing in song, and in just about every other way, right now. It...
by Melinda | Apr 9, 2014 | All in the Family, Legacy, Life Abundant, Random Musings, Thankfulness
These lovely ladies are my great aunts, and the big sisters of one very spoiled little boy, my mom’s father…my “Pop.” He was actually one of a set of twins, but his brother died in infancy, so he was particularly doted on. I’ve...
by Melinda | Mar 14, 2014 | Free Indeed, God in the Everyday, Healing Hearts, Legacy, Mimmie's Heart, Travel
One of the things that has been afforded to me, since I’ve been a grandmother, is a ringside seat to the human condition. You live your whole life just making it one day at a time, and those days start stacking up, one on top of the other, and, when you...
by Melinda | Mar 13, 2014 | Heart talk, In the Eye of the Beholder, Legacy, Listen and Learn, Living Low, Living the God Life, Mimmie's Heart, Travel
I’ll tell you what, hanging out with a dramatic three and a half year old provides non-stop entertainment. (Actually, everything about Lilli is non-stop, but I digress.) I am marveling (marveling, I say) at her current command of the language. Her tones...
by Melinda | Feb 17, 2014 | About Me, All in the Family, Legacy, Living Low, Mimmie's Heart, Thankfulness, Travel
I know I just instituted “His Word Sundays,” but I don’t think He’ll mind if I write something today, because, well, I HAVE to. My mind and heart are swimming with images and sentiments from yesterday’s funeral. There are some...
