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 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 28, 2013 | God Stories, Healing Hearts, Home on the Range, Reaching Out, Relationship, Thankfulness, The Glory of Friends, Women's Ministry, Working Out Faith
We are planting a vegetable garden. Or, I guess I should say we are trying to plant one. The beds were beautifully prepared by my husband, and I got them seeded, and we had moved on to figuring out what kind of fence we were going to put around it, as we knew...
by Melinda | Apr 26, 2013 | Living Low, Living the God Life, My Politics, Reaching Out, Relationship, Texas, Thankfulness, Working Out Faith
Dallas-Fort Worth is home to me. I was born here, lived here until I was 35, did some moving around in different states for 11 years, then happily came back to let my toes become reacquainted with the sweet Texas soil. When I heard the Bushes (of the W....
by Melinda | Apr 25, 2013 | In the Eye of the Beholder, Reaching Out, Social Media, Working Out Faith
I actually had something else in mind to write about this morning, but I can’t seem to shake this image, and the conversation that I read surrounding it yesterday. I’ll be honest with you. This is really hard for me to look at for very long, as all I can...
by Melinda | Apr 22, 2013 | All in the Family, God in the Everyday, Healing Hearts, In the Eye of the Beholder, Mimmie's Heart, Reaching Out, Thankfulness
I usually wait a couple of weeks after a trip to Florida, for a day when I’m really missing my people down there, then I check the pictures on my phone and iPad and see what I find. With a tech-savvy toddler in the house, there is absolutely NO TELLING...