by Melinda | Mar 15, 2014 | He's Bigger than Me, Life on the Rock, Living the God Life, Lover of My Soul, Mimmie's Heart, Travel, Trust, Uncategorized
We are in full moving mode, on top of full birthday party mode. Yeah. Those two really don’t go together, but when you have grandparents coming in for their grandson’s 1st birthday, and you are planning your move, you capitalize on your good fortune...
by Melinda | Mar 14, 2014 | Free Indeed, God in the Everyday, Healing Hearts, Legacy, Mimmie's Heart, Travel
One of the things that has been afforded to me, since I’ve been a grandmother, is a ringside seat to the human condition. You live your whole life just making it one day at a time, and those days start stacking up, one on top of the other, and, when you...
by Melinda | Mar 13, 2014 | Heart talk, In the Eye of the Beholder, Legacy, Listen and Learn, Living Low, Living the God Life, Mimmie's Heart, Travel
I’ll tell you what, hanging out with a dramatic three and a half year old provides non-stop entertainment. (Actually, everything about Lilli is non-stop, but I digress.) I am marveling (marveling, I say) at her current command of the language. Her tones...
by Melinda | Mar 12, 2014 | Get Real, He's Bigger than Me, Listen and Learn, Living the God Life, Mimmie's Heart, Sitting in the Corner, Thankfulness
Lilli loves her bath. It’s an honest legacy, passed down from her Mimmie who holds her nightly bath time as wholly sacred. Today, after her baby brother’s first nap, she asked if she could take a bath. I figured with me coming in the night before, perhaps she’d...
by Melinda | Feb 26, 2014 | Life on the Rock, Living Low, Lover of My Soul, Mimmie's Heart, Working Out Faith
Lilli has had a stomach bug the last couple of days. Her little system has staged a revolt the likes of which she’s never experienced, and, as she inches closer to 4 (say it ain’t so!), she has a lot to say about it. The main topic (of course)...
by Melinda | Feb 17, 2014 | About Me, All in the Family, Legacy, Living Low, Mimmie's Heart, Thankfulness, Travel
I know I just instituted “His Word Sundays,” but I don’t think He’ll mind if I write something today, because, well, I HAVE to. My mind and heart are swimming with images and sentiments from yesterday’s funeral. There are some...