by Melinda | May 14, 2014 | Eyes Wide Open, Free Indeed, Get Real, He's Bigger than Me, Healing Hearts, Hope, Life Abundant, Lover of My Soul, Relationship, Truth, Working Out Faith
Have you ever worked to get a stain out of a piece of clothing, and, thinking it was completely gone, only discovered later that it wasn’t? You know what I’m talking about. Maybe you treated a stain, pulled it out of the wash and couldn’t find...
by Melinda | May 8, 2014 | Get Real, It's Not About Me, Life Abundant, Living Low, Mimmie's Heart, Relationship, Time
Home. I’m back in it, in my usual spot on the sofa, in an oddly quiet house. The kids’ stuff is still everywhere, a task that I will address today, but one that always makes me a little sad. It’s funny, but I’m not as tired as I usually am...
by Melinda | Apr 24, 2014 | All Together Now, Claim to Fame, Giving, He's Bigger than Me, Healing Hearts, Hope, It's Not About Me, Living Low, Love Free, Reaching Out, Relationship
Right now, there are three additional hearts beating under my roof. Three of my very favorites, as a matter of fact. Emmie, Lilli and Brody rolled in, late afternoon, after Papa picked them up from the airport, and a blissfully uneventful flight over. We helped...
by Melinda | Apr 5, 2014 | Life Abundant, Love Free, Marriage, My Man, Relationship, Thankfulness
I was looking through the “notes” section on my phone for a phone number I’d recorded there a while back. Each of the notes is listed by the first few words of the note itself, and as I was scrolling through them, looking for the...
by Melinda | Mar 31, 2014 | All Together Now, Great Girlfriend Adventure, He's Bigger than Me, Living Low, Living the God Life, Reaching Out, Relationship, Thankfulness, Travel, Trust, Uncategorized
Last week, my friend Mary, told me about a writer’s residency program that Amtrak was offering. She knew the very idea of a sleeper car, fitted with a writing desk and window to watch the world go by for inspiration, would make my heart sing, because...
by Melinda | Mar 28, 2014 | Marriage, My Man, Relationship, Thankfulness
About 2-3 weeks ago, Kevin set a couple of posts for a hammock. It’s been a while since we had a hammock – years actually – and, last summer, we discovered the perfect place for one where the breeze is always blowing, even in the heat of the...
