by Melinda | May 3, 2013 | Dream Scape, Home on the Range, Living the God Life, Marriage, My Man, Reaching Out, Texas, Thankfulness, Uncategorized
Once upon a time, there was a boy. He was a wonderful boy, filled with mischief and adventure outside the classroom, but filled with angst and frustration inside its walls. Today, he would’ve been diagnosed with Dyslexia, but then, they thought he was...
by Melinda | Apr 27, 2013 | God in the Everyday, Living the God Life, Marriage, My Man, Thankfulness, Travel, Working Out Faith
I heard something yesterday that took me back to when, years ago (and before we moved to Iowa), Kevin and I used to take a “Let’s Find Winter” trip every January. We’d go to snowy places and do snowy things and have some good, snowy fun. By...
by Melinda | Apr 21, 2013 | All in the Family, God Stories, Healing Hearts, Home on the Range, Let's Eat, Living the God Life, Marriage, My Man, Relationship, Thankfulness, Uncategorized, Working Out Faith
My husband loves coconut cake. We had an amazing taste of one recently, and were given the promise of the recipe. But, yesterday, I decided that he needed to have that cake sooner than later, so I started looking up recipes on my own. There was a veritable host...
by Melinda | Apr 20, 2013 | God in the Everyday, Marriage, My Man, Thankfulness, Travel
Yesterday, I had set aside some time to work on our trip to Europe. If you missed that big announcement, my man has blessed me with a trip to France and Italy for our 50-30-50 year (two 50th birthdays and a 30th anniversary!). Let’s just say that Mama...
by Melinda | Apr 15, 2013 | God in the Everyday, My Man, Thankfulness, Uncategorized, Working Out Faith
We had a great weekend, enjoying being outside in beautiful weather. We have an overgrown raised garden on the property that we are working to reclaim, and Kevin was outside all yesterday afternoon, cleaning it out and tilling hard ground, adding good compost...
by Melinda | Apr 12, 2013 | Marriage, My Man, Relationship, Thankfulness, Travel, Working Out Faith
A few days ago, my mother sent me a text about how excited I must be to see my husband again. She said it was like that old 50’s song, “Reunited, and it feels so good.” I came back with how that was a 70’s song by Peaches and Herb, and,...