by Melinda | Apr 6, 2013 | All in the Family, God in the Everyday, Motherhood, My Girls, Thankfulness, Working Out Faith
A couple of days ago, a friend posted a picture on Facebook of herself standing in a puddle with her colorful rain boots on. Because my brain works in connect-the-dots fashion, it immediately thought of a time, years ago, when my oldest daughter, then about...
by Melinda | Mar 25, 2013 | All in the Family, Mimmie's Heart, Motherhood, Thankfulness
Quiet house. Early morning feeding. Just me and the little guy, snuggled together, separated only by a swaddle blanket and a bottle. After the bottle was drained and the obligatory burping achieved, we rocked, staring into each others’ eyes, and I began...
by Melinda | Mar 22, 2013 | God in the Everyday, Mimmie's Heart, Motherhood, My Girls, Thankfulness, Working Out Faith
Change is hard. Just ask Lilli. At two years and nine months, she was so excited about her brother coming. And really, the coming part was pretty wonderful. It was the staying part that was the kicker. Actually, I’m not so sure it would be so bad if she...
by Melinda | May 10, 2012 | Motherhood
This originally ran in 2007, but in honor of Mother’s Day this weekend, I’m rerunning a few old posts on the topic of motherhood. ______________________________________________________________________________________ I just read the latest post on a...
by Melinda | Aug 4, 2011 | All in the Family, Motherhood, My Girls
Once upon a time there was a young woman, in her 20’s, who was going to have a baby. She planned and dreamed as her belly grew, imagining what kind of little person was being knit together deep inside. She imagined a little girl much like the little girl she,...
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by Melinda | Feb 19, 2009 | All in the Family, Motherhood, My Girls
About fourteen years ago, Hubs had gone from sales into management and we found ourselves entertaining a lot from our home. Typically, we would have the person he was recruiting and their spouse over for dinner, and send the girls over to their grandmother’s...
