by Melinda | May 8, 2013 | All in the Family, God in the Everyday, Home on the Range, Marriage, My Man, Relationship, Thankfulness
I love Mexican food. If given the opportunity to choose where to eat out, 9 times out of 10, I’ll choose Mexican. I love Charro beans and Mexican rice. I’m a connoisseur of Chile Relleno. Guacamole and queso both make my heart sing. But, above all,...
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 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 14, 2013 | God in the Everyday, Relationship, Social Media, Texas, Thankfulness, The Glory of Friends
I graduated from an enormous high school. In 1981, we were the largest graduating class in the state of Texas, with a whopping 1565 seniors walking across the stage that year. Basically, you knew the people with whom you shared activities and classes, but it...