by Melinda | Dec 31, 2013 | He's Bigger than Me, Lover of My Soul, My Man, Uncategorized
…New Year’s Eve… That song has always been incredibly romantic to me. So much so, that you’d think we always had elaborate plans, and rang in the dawn of each new year in style. But you’d be wrong. Truly, I don’t think...
by Melinda | Dec 20, 2013 | Christmas, Marriage, My Man, Thankfulness
I’m sitting here in the light of the Christmas tree, thinking about how much I’ll miss writing here in the mornings, when it’s time to take it down. I really don’t tire of the tree. I do tire of all the rest of it, after a while, but the...
by Melinda | Oct 21, 2013 | He's Bigger than Me, Health, In the Eye of the Beholder, Marriage, My Man, Thankfulness, Travel, Uncategorized
Yesterday, I woke up after only about an hour’s sleep with what, by all appearances, seems to be a sinus infection. The night before, we walked into our hotel and I immediately pulled up my pants legs to reveal a big, angry rash all over them. They were...
by Melinda | Oct 19, 2013 | Marriage, My Man, Thankfulness, Travel
Yesterday was our last day in Florence. We have absolutely loved this city. Romantic and beautiful, it was the place we wanted to mark in a special way. Remember when we found our daughter’s friend’s lock on one of the bridges in Paris? Well, we...
by Melinda | Sep 23, 2013 | God in the Everyday, Home on the Range, Marriage, My Man, Relationship, Thankfulness
We had nothing planned yesterday. Oh, I guess there were a few things each of us thought we needed to do, but nothing set in stone, so that’s usually when we either go our separate ways to complete our own lists, or chuck them and go to a movie....
by Melinda | Aug 31, 2013 | Marriage, My Man, Thankfulness
My darling man, On this day, 51 years ago, you were born. You were LATE and made your sweet mama miserable with the heaviness and the waiting, but then you were here and in her arms and all was well. And you cried and wailed and carried on, until your grandpa...
