by Melinda | Nov 14, 2014 | About Me, Disappointment, Free Indeed, Get Real, Hard Times, Heart talk, Listen and Learn, Love Free, Prayer, Relationship, Truth
Sometimes you receive news that makes you disappointed. Sometimes the news is just another in a series of disappointments that originate from one particular person, but it seems like a deeper blow somehow. Like the proverbial straw that broke the camel’s...
by Melinda | Nov 13, 2014 | All Together Now, Eyes Wide Open, Get Real, Listen and Learn, My Country, Uncategorized
Disclaimer: To my educator friends: I ADORE you. You do what I believe is the hardest job out there (second only to parenting), and many of you are forced to teach a mandated curriculum, in a mandated way, for thankless pay. This is not written against you, but in...
by Melinda | Nov 11, 2014 | All Together Now, Free Indeed, Get Real, Legacy, Listen and Learn, Living Low, My Country, Thankfulness
Nope, this is not a post about Tolstoy. But it is Veteran’s Day, and my title is what I imagine every American veteran’s belief about their role in this life to be. They chose to risk everything in war so that we could realize everything in peace....
by Melinda | Nov 8, 2014 | All Together Now, Listen and Learn, Travel, Trust, Truth
It was a beautiful day, yesterday. Kevin had the afternoon off, so we went for a drive and stopped at a favorite 50’s-style burger joint, a la “Happy Days.” While we were sitting in the car, waiting for our order, I noticed a man standing next...
by Melinda | Aug 10, 2014 | His Words, Listen and Learn
Every Sunday around here is for His Words instead of mine. There has been a lot of buzz lately about controversy surrounding prominent pastors (of both word and song), and their radical shift in beliefs. Though what they say does not line up with scripture,...
by Melinda | Jun 23, 2014 | Eyes Wide Open, In the Eye of the Beholder, Listen and Learn, Temptation, Thankfulness
We’ve had some delicious rain the last couple of days. Actually, this has been a delightfully wet spring, music to the ears of draught-weary Texans, and we have been soaking it all in, at least as much as the grass. With the rain, however, has come...
