by Melinda | Aug 23, 2013 | A Heavenly Country, Dream Scape, He's Bigger than Me, Random Musings, Relationship, Thankfulness
My husband works for an insurance company. When you deal in life insurance, death is a topic that is put on the table every day, and people don’t always like it. I’ll admit that it’s not the most upbeat topic, even for a blog post, but...
by Melinda | Aug 22, 2013 | Claim to Fame, God in the Everyday, He's Bigger than Me, Living the God Life, Reaching Out, Relationship
I saw something yesterday that blew me away. It was a paradox of simplicity and complexity, and it left my mind to ponder you and me. Yes, us. I’m going to wait here while you watch it. Go ahead…all the way to the end, please. (if you can’t...
by Melinda | Aug 19, 2013 | He's Bigger than Me, Healing Hearts, Living Low, Mimmie's Heart, Relationship, Travel
Yesterday, I rolled my suitcase out to the car, loaded it in, and returned to the house for goodbyes. Typically, my daughter, or her husband, take me to the airport with the kids in tow, and it’s an awful process. This time was different because I had a...
by Melinda | Aug 14, 2013 | Mimmie's Heart, Reaching Out, Relationship
My granddaughter, Lilli, introduced me to a children’s cartoon called Martha Speaks. I haven’t seen any children’s TV that I’ve liked in a long time, until Martha the talking dog entered my life. Long concerned about the dumbing-down of...
by Melinda | Aug 10, 2013 | God in the Everyday, Great Girlfriend Adventure, Relationship, Social Media, Thankfulness, The Glory of Friends, Travel
I’m propped up in a bed, in a beautiful home, watching the sunrise over the gulf of Mexico. Rough times, huh? My precious friend, Karen, arranged for the two of us and our friend, Mary, to have another friend’s home for the weekend, so we could...
by Melinda | Aug 5, 2013 | All in the Family, Home on the Range, Living Low, Living the God Life, Reaching Out, Relationship, Thankfulness
After a beautiful wedding ceremony under our two big cedar elms, graced by such a lovely breeze you’d never have guessed it was actually August, our family enjoyed one of the loveliest afternoons we’ve had in recent memory. All in all, everything went...