by Melinda | May 13, 2013 | All in the Family, Living the God Life, Mimmie's Heart, My Girls, Texas, Thankfulness, Working Out Faith
The sheets are changed on the bunkbeds. The booster seat is firmly attached to one of the kitchen chairs and bath toys are in the tub. The infant bouncy seat cover is washed and ready for action, and the pack and play is in place. Later today, the car seat will...
by Melinda | May 6, 2013 | All in the Family, In the Eye of the Beholder, Mimmie's Heart, Motherhood, My Girls, Thankfulness, Uncategorized, Working Out Faith
My little grandson was 8 weeks old yesterday. Crazy hard to believe, but then it’s May already. MAY. Ridiculous. As it turned out, his due date had been miscalculated, because when he arrived they realized that he was not as far along gestationally as...
by Melinda | May 4, 2013 | All in the Family, Healing Hearts, Home on the Range, Living Low, Motherhood, My Girls, Thankfulness, Uncategorized
When I was a little girl, my parents would let us put some money in the offering plate at church. The heavy, wooden plate with the maroon velvet lining in the bottom would pass under our noses and we would each drop our offering in it, proud. It was good...
by Melinda | Apr 30, 2013 | All in the Family, God in the Everyday, Living Low, Living the God Life, Mimmie's Heart, Motherhood, My Girls, Reaching Out, Relationship, Thankfulness
My daughter was recently at Target (her second address) with the kids, shopping for Mother’s Day cards. Lilli was in the back of the buggy (I’m sure either begging for a cookie, or already eating one), as Emmie’s reading different cards....
by Melinda | Apr 10, 2013 | All in the Family, Living the God Life, Marriage, Mimmie's Heart, My Girls, Thankfulness, Travel, Working Out Faith
Today’s the day. Today’s the day when I pack up all my stuff and am escorted to the airport, wishing my eyes were equipped with windshield wipers. Not that I really need to see the road, however, since I’ve not only lived here before, but have...
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...
