by Melinda | Apr 10, 2014 | Home on the Range, Living Low, Love Free, Reaching Out, Thankfulness
No. This is not a post about the theme song from Frozen, although now we’re all singing it. I’m sorry. This is actually a post about those skunky German Shepherds from the other day. Remember them? Well, they stayed with us through yesterday, when,...
by Melinda | Apr 9, 2014 | All in the Family, Legacy, Life Abundant, Random Musings, Thankfulness
These lovely ladies are my great aunts, and the big sisters of one very spoiled little boy, my mom’s father…my “Pop.” He was actually one of a set of twins, but his brother died in infancy, so he was particularly doted on. I’ve...
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 | Apr 2, 2014 | Eyes Wide Open, Free Indeed, Get Real, He's Bigger than Me, Hope, Life on the Rock, Thankfulness, The Glory of Friends, Trust, Uncategorized
This was the post: Today was a mix of heart-wrenching and bliss, fear and victory. The full gamut of emotion. Life. Real, true, honest life. I don’t think, when it’s all said and done, I’d have it any other way.” The reaction was a flood...
by Melinda | Apr 1, 2014 | And We Wait, God in the Everyday, He's Bigger than Me, Hope, Life Abundant, Life on the Rock, Lover of My Soul, Thankfulness, Trust, Uncategorized
8:00am to Noon. That’s what they told me when I booked a repairman to check the ice maker and my washer. At 11:45, I received a call from the repairman, asking a couple of questions about each appliance, then telling me he’d be at my house sometime...
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...
