by Melinda | Jun 6, 2013 | Living Low, Mimmie's Heart, Reaching Out, Relationship, Thankfulness
It’s been mighty quiet around here since the little princess has returned to her own kingdom. M I G H T Y Q U I E T. I’ll be honest, some of that quiet is welcomed with open ears. But some carries with it a tinge of lonesome, an air of wistfulness...
by Melinda | Jun 3, 2013 | About Me, God in the Everyday, Living Low, Mimmie's Heart, Thankfulness, Uncategorized
I’m heading back home this morning. I’ve talked about the emotional quandary this puts me in, ad nauseum, so I won’t go into that again. It is what it is. One thing I will say is that I’ve noticed myself doing something during this time...
by Melinda | May 31, 2013 | About Me, All in the Family, God in the Everyday, Home on the Range, In the Eye of the Beholder, Mimmie's Heart, Texas, Thankfulness
I leave at O’dark-thirty in the morning for the airport and will be in the air (Lord willing) when I normally would be posting my morning thoughts. I have no idea what our travel day will look like; truly, with an almost-preschooler anything –...
by Melinda | May 31, 2013 | In the Eye of the Beholder, Living the God Life, Mimmie's Heart, Thankfulness
Today is Lilli’s last day out here on the ranch. We leave early tomorrow morning for her home and her little family who are all anxious to see her, and I have to say that she’s pretty excited to see them, too! I had a hunch about what I thought her...
by Melinda | May 30, 2013 | God in the Everyday, He's Bigger than Me, Mimmie's Heart, Random Musings, Thankfulness
Finding Nemo. Yes, my life is currently consumed by moments as they are normally lived, everyday, by almost-three-year-olds. The applications I pick up in the world around me each day are, right now, found in things that I wouldn’t really see in my own...
by Melinda | May 29, 2013 | God in the Everyday, Healing Hearts, Mimmie's Heart, Thankfulness, The Glory of Friends, Working Out Faith
We played a lot of blocks yesterday. I have a whole bucket full of old wooden blocks, the ones in primary colors that anyone around my age had when they were a kid. Lilli has really enjoyed them this visit, dumping them out into a huge pile and building castles...