by Melinda | Apr 19, 2013 | Reaching Out, Thankfulness, Uncategorized, Working Out Faith
Yesterday, my oldest daughter was using an old knife in the tack room to open a package of meds, slipped while applying pressure, and stabbed herself in the middle of her other palm. Delightful. After a consultation with me about the date of her last tetanus...
by Melinda | Apr 11, 2013 | God in the Everyday, Reaching Out, Thankfulness, Travel
I swiped this pic from my friend’s Facebook page (Hi Lynne!), because I’ve always liked the way it read. Nice Matters. Not matters that are nice, but the absolutely irrefutable fact that being nice really does matter. Case in point: yesterday’s...
by Melinda | Apr 3, 2013 | Blogging, God in the Everyday, Living Low, Living the God Life, Reaching Out, Social Media, Thankfulness
On the morning of April 1st, I logged on to Google Analytics. If you’re not a blogger, this is something you can hook up to your blog that tracks blog information. Big time bloggers, and those who monetize their blogs, use it to track their numbers, but...
by Melinda | Mar 28, 2013 | Mimmie's Heart, Reaching Out, Relationship, Thankfulness
To her parents’ credit, my little grandgirl is very polite. Part of it is really good teaching, but, in her case, I think a good part of it is just her nature. That kid has been saying thank you regularly, and appropriately, since she was very, very tiny....
by Melinda | Mar 18, 2013 | God in the Everyday, Living Low, Mimmie's Heart, Reaching Out, Thankfulness, Uncategorized
I’ve had fun hanging at the hospital with my daughter and grandson. It’s been a sweet time basking in the afterglow of a successful birth and healthy baby, relearning the rhythms of a newborn, and getting the last vestiges of sleep before we go home...
by Melinda | Mar 18, 2013 | All in the Family, Mimmie's Heart, Reaching Out, Thankfulness, Uncategorized
He arrived, finally, my grandson. Brody Alexander, a tiny, but mighty little guy weighing in at a mere 6lbs 4oz, and measuring just 18.75 inches, brought with him the discovery that my daughter wasn’t as far along as the doctors thought she was, about 3-4 weeks...