by Melinda | Mar 31, 2015 | All in the Family, Home on the Range, It's Not About Me, Life Abundant, Time, Travel
Hi there. Remember me? The girl who used to post here everyday? Well. Let me tell you about the last three weeks. I went to Florida the second week of March. Kevin followed, and we spent the next few days with the kids, celebrating Brody’s birthday. Then,...
by Melinda | Mar 9, 2015 | All in the Family, God in the Everyday, Home on the Range, Hope for the Trail, Life Abundant, Thankfulness
It’s been a special weekend. In the wee hours of Friday morning, we got a call from Maddie, telling us that her pregnant mare, April, was finally in labor. Twelve days late, all of us had begun to wonder if it would ever happen! We threw on clothes and...
by Melinda | Feb 3, 2015 | Eyes Wide Open, Get Real, Life Abundant, Mimmie's Heart, Purpose
Hello, there. I hope the last week has been as good for you as it was for me. However, filled with the delights of my favorite children in all the world, my week would be hard to beat. Brody and I made some significant strides in that he is now calling me...
by Melinda | Jan 22, 2015 | Life Abundant, Living the God Life, Relationship, Thankfulness, The Glory of Friends, Uncategorized
Two years and six days ago, I wrote this: I said goodbye to my friend last night. What a gallant fight she’s fought. The last ravages of her disease are quietly laying claim to her tired body, and she’s now only about the business of relationship. I...
by Melinda | Jan 19, 2015 | Free Indeed, Life Abundant
Or, at least I had a dream. Last night. You know, while I was sleeping. (You thought this was going to be about Martin Luther King, Jr., didn’t you?) I dreamed that I was in a maximum security prison. Weird, huh? It was also awful. And scary. And I missed...
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...
