by Melinda | Sep 2, 2013 | Lilli's Letters, Mimmie's Heart, Thankfulness
My darling Lilli…when you get to be as old as your Mimmie, you might start to realize there are things you wish you’d said more intentionally to your own kids, as they were growing up, or, at the very least, you’ll wish you had said them better. I heard...
by Melinda | Aug 19, 2013 | He's Bigger than Me, Healing Hearts, Living Low, Mimmie's Heart, Relationship, Travel
Yesterday, I rolled my suitcase out to the car, loaded it in, and returned to the house for goodbyes. Typically, my daughter, or her husband, take me to the airport with the kids in tow, and it’s an awful process. This time was different because I had a...
by Melinda | Aug 19, 2013 | About Me, All in the Family, Healing Hearts, Mimmie's Heart, Reaching Out, Thankfulness
When my girls were little, my mother gave them an infant washcloth, fashioned into the likeness of a rabbit. It held pieces of ice in the folds, and was used to sooth away little hurts. We called it a “boo-boo bunny.” Fast forward to my grandbabies,...
by Melinda | Aug 19, 2013 | God in the Everyday, Living Low, Mimmie's Heart, Reaching Out, Thankfulness
Yesterday, I did something I haven’t done in years. I took 3 children, 6 and under, to the mall. Just me and the kiddos and my orthopedic boot. A woman actually came up to me and said “When they talk about women who can do it all, they’re...
by Melinda | Aug 16, 2013 | Living Low, Mimmie's Heart, Thankfulness, Working Out Faith
My little Brody is five months old tomorrow, if you can believe it. I can’t, but that’s beside the point. He’s at that age where he’s starting to figure out that a lot of the stuff that flashes in front of his eyes all the time is...
by Melinda | Aug 15, 2013 | He's Bigger than Me, Mimmie's Heart, Thankfulness
Last night, Lilli and I went through our usual bedtime routine. When I visit, it seems no one else will do when it comes to performing such rituals. We read books, sang songs and said prayers, then I tucked her in and kissed her precious face no less than 57 times....
