by Melinda | Feb 21, 2014 | Claim to Fame, God in the Everyday, He's Bigger than Me, It's Not About Me, Life Abundant, Life on the Rock, Love Free, Reaching Out, Relationship, Work, Working Out Faith
There are two things that my little gal, Lilli, would binge on, 24/7, if given the freedom to do so. The first is candy. The girl LOVES candy, and comes by it honestly because her father is the reigning (ironically light-weight) CANDY-EATING CHAMPION OF THE...
by Melinda | Jan 16, 2014 | All in the Family, All Together Now, Get Real, In the Eye of the Beholder, Living Low, Relationship
Lilli and I had a FaceTime chat yesterday, while I was making dinner. She gets to watch the iPad while her own dinner is being made, so she really likes it when we can watch something together. We talk over my iPad while I put a show on my phone, turn the...
by Melinda | Jan 10, 2014 | He's Bigger than Me, It's Not About Me, Living Low, Living the God Life, Reaching Out, Relationship, The Glory of Friends
I had a long chat with a friend yesterday. Vastly different in just about every way possible, ours is an interesting relationship. Our differences do not end at looks, personality, or likes and dislikes. They spill over into politics, sexual orientation,...
by Melinda | Jan 7, 2014 | Free Indeed, God in the Everyday, He's Bigger than Me, Lover of My Soul, Relationship, Working Out Faith
Remember the whole gun safe incident? Well, I’m happy to report (no, really, I am) that I was wrong and Kevin was right. He went to the doctor for x-rays, and his thumb was not broken, but had suffered, instead, a severe contusion. It’s still dang...
by Melinda | Dec 18, 2013 | Lover of My Soul, Relationship, Thankfulness, Working Out Faith
I’m going to do something I don’t usually do. I’m going to rerun a piece from around this time last year, because I pulled it up while looking for something else, and felt strongly that someone might need to hear the truths tucked in these...
by Melinda | Dec 5, 2013 | A Heavenly Country, Christmas, Claim to Fame, Free Indeed, He's Bigger than Me, Heart talk, Living Low, Living the God Life, Lover of My Soul, Mimmie's Heart, Relationship, Uncategorized
There is always something that happens to me when I’m around the kids. It’s a slow-down of sorts, a stepping off of my whirling world to find a different pace – the pace of a child. Now, I’m not talking the pace of the average American...