by Melinda | Oct 21, 2013 | God in the Everyday, He's Bigger than Me, In the Eye of the Beholder, Living the God Life, Lover of My Soul, Thankfulness, Travel
So, I can now say that I’ve gone to a doctor in another country and survived. But it was an experience. Google told me that there was a tourist 24-hour walk-in clinic at the Nuovo Regina Margherita Hospital in Rome. I was encouraged by the fact that it...
by Melinda | Oct 21, 2013 | He's Bigger than Me, Health, In the Eye of the Beholder, Marriage, My Man, Thankfulness, Travel, Uncategorized
Yesterday, I woke up after only about an hour’s sleep with what, by all appearances, seems to be a sinus infection. The night before, we walked into our hotel and I immediately pulled up my pants legs to reveal a big, angry rash all over them. They were...
by Melinda | Oct 19, 2013 | Marriage, My Man, Thankfulness, Travel
Yesterday was our last day in Florence. We have absolutely loved this city. Romantic and beautiful, it was the place we wanted to mark in a special way. Remember when we found our daughter’s friend’s lock on one of the bridges in Paris? Well, we...
by Melinda | Oct 19, 2013 | Living the God Life, Reaching Out, Thankfulness
In my lifelong romantic notions of Italy, no other region has made my heart sing like Tuscany. Enter movies like “Under the Tuscan Sun,” and I was ruined for it beyond repair. So, yesterday – the day we had set aside for a trip to the region...
by Melinda | Oct 14, 2013 | Living Low, Thankfulness, Travel, Uncategorized
One of the things about Paris that I’ve always found so charming are the street markets. I’ve dreamed of roaming through the aisles of flowers and produce and meats, and watching the street artists painting au plein aire. While yesterday was still a...
by Melinda | Oct 12, 2013 | He's Bigger than Me, Lover of My Soul, Thankfulness, Travel
We slept LATE yesterday. I haven’t slept that late since…well, I don’t know! It was actually very delicious to not care. We decided to head across the street to a local brasserie for lunch. Crammed with locals ducking out of the rain, it was warm...