by Melinda | Feb 17, 2014 | All in the Family, Legacy
This morning finds me writing on the fly. We’re heading to a family funeral, today, to celebrate a life well-lived. Kevin’s (our) Aunt Alta Ruby, was quite a woman, very fond of family gatherings and reunions of all kinds. I smile, thinking of how...
by Melinda | Jan 20, 2014 | Giving, He's Bigger than Me, Heart talk, Legacy, Living Low, Lover of My Soul, Motherhood, The Glory of Friends, Trust, Uncategorized
On this day, thirty-one years ago, my friend had a baby. She was quite young, and the pregnancy unplanned, and the future of the child – a boy – was uncertain in her care. She loved him in all his sweet and innocent goodness, this flesh of her...
by Melinda | Dec 1, 2013 | Free Indeed, He's Bigger than Me, Legacy, Lover of My Soul, Mimmie's Heart, My Girls, Thankfulness, Uncategorized, Working Out Faith
Things were pretty peaceful around here up until about 8:00pm. Brody had just gone down without incident (he pretty much does everything, at this point, without incident), and we’d tucked Lilli in shortly thereafter. That’s when it all fell apart....
by Melinda | Nov 25, 2013 | Home on the Range, Legacy, Living Low, Living the God Life, Reaching Out
It was cold yesterday. Still is, in fact, but yesterday we had intermittent sleet and rain, high winds, and various other winter nasties that made it a good day to be inside. Kevin built a nice fire for me to enjoy while I powered through some online holiday...
by Melinda | Oct 7, 2013 | A Heavenly Country, Legacy, Living Low, Thankfulness, Travel
Alphabet soup. It’s what is filling my head right now. Lists and more lists. Letters upon letters across a page, running together like a fine stew; the more I think, the more I stir the pot. My favorite part of the trip preparation process is when I get...
by Melinda | Sep 29, 2013 | All Together Now, Free Indeed, God in the Everyday, He's Bigger than Me, Home on the Range, Legacy, My Country, My Politics, Thankfulness
It stopped raining yesterday afternoon and, when it did, the humidity was pushed out by a cool front that brought fresh, delicious breeze and mild temps. I had been working on my project for a baby boy’s nursery. A friend of my daughter’s had seen...
