by Melinda | Dec 22, 2014 | It's Not About Me, Life Abundant, Living Low, Love Free, Travel
I am home. I am tan. I am full to the brim. You are likely thinking that last statement is referring to food and beverage, seeing as I was on a cruise ship, and you would be correct. However, what I am really talking about is my heart. Allow me to explain....
by Melinda | Dec 9, 2014 | Christmas, Giving, It's Not About Me, Living Low
I’ve been working on a little Christmasy something that has required the involvement of some other people to be able to pull it off. I know they are just as busy as everyone else, especially at this time of year, so they probably didn’t need...
by Melinda | Dec 8, 2014 | Christmas, Giving, It's Not About Me, Living Low, Reaching Out
As we’ve gotten older, and our extended families have grown, we’ve changed the way we do Christmas. One side of the family draws names now, and the other doesn’t give gifts at all. We just get together for a meal and play games, enjoying each...
by Melinda | Dec 4, 2014 | Christmas, Hope, It's Not About Me, Life on the Rock, Living Low, Reaching Out
For several years, my Uncle Lewis gave us a Snow Village house for Christmas. Over time, we had quite the little community, with a couple of houses, a church, a barn and silo, a pet shop, a courthouse, and a one-room school, along with little people, animals,...
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 7, 2014 | Eyes Wide Open, Get Real, It's Not About Me, Living Low
It happened yesterday, just before I left to run errands. I was washing a few dishes, gazing out the window at the view I love: lots and lots of trees, and beautiful, rolling terrain. The particular tree my eye was trained on (for no particular reason) started to...
