by Melinda | Jan 9, 2014 | About Me, Eyes Wide Open, God in the Everyday, He's Bigger than Me, Lover of My Soul, Thankfulness, Uncategorized
I woke up to a sea of white. Or gray, actually. No snow, but a very dense fog filling up the valleys and obscuring the trees. There’s no sign of the neighbor’s Texas flag, snapping proudly in the wind, which I can usually see through bare branches....
by Melinda | Jan 7, 2014 | Free Indeed, God in the Everyday, He's Bigger than Me, Lover of My Soul, Relationship, Working Out Faith
Remember the whole gun safe incident? Well, I’m happy to report (no, really, I am) that I was wrong and Kevin was right. He went to the doctor for x-rays, and his thumb was not broken, but had suffered, instead, a severe contusion. It’s still dang...
by Melinda | Jan 1, 2014 | Eyes Wide Open, God in the Everyday, Lover of My Soul, Thankfulness, Travel, Uncategorized, Working Out Faith
This first morning of 2014, I woke up after a good night’s sleep (which, incidentally, started at 10:30pm). I fed the dog, got a cup of coffee, and sat down with my One Year Chronological Bible. In all honesty, I started it last year, but didn’t...
by Melinda | Dec 31, 2013 | He's Bigger than Me, Lover of My Soul, My Man, Uncategorized
…New Year’s Eve… That song has always been incredibly romantic to me. So much so, that you’d think we always had elaborate plans, and rang in the dawn of each new year in style. But you’d be wrong. Truly, I don’t think...
by Melinda | Dec 30, 2013 | He's Bigger than Me, Healing Hearts, Heart talk, It's a Dog's Life, Lover of My Soul
You may remember, when we were on our trip to Europe, that our little dog, Riley, died, then miraculously came back to life. It was weird and wonderful – it was God – and Riley has been right as rain ever since. There are, however, a few things of...
by Melinda | Dec 29, 2013 | Christmas, Eyes Wide Open, Free Indeed, God in the Everyday, He's Bigger than Me, Living the God Life, Lover of My Soul, Thankfulness, Uncategorized
I love blank paper. Every time I’m at Target I go down the office supply aisle and peruse the spiral notebooks and journals, sometimes buying, but always looking. I think it started when I was a little girl and I got a brand new Big Chief tablet at the...
