by Melinda | Sep 15, 2013 | He's Bigger than Me, Home on the Range, Living the God Life, Thankfulness, Working Out Faith
We have a pool. When we were looking for a house, we weren’t looking for a pool because we’d had one in Florida and it was fraught with issues. We never used it because it was under a pool cage (better with which to keep the gators and skeeters out,...
by Melinda | Sep 13, 2013 | God in the Everyday, He's Bigger than Me, Lover of My Soul, Relationship, Thankfulness
I have a beautiful vintage watch that we won in an auction when we lived in Florida. It’s worked perfectly until just recently, when the stem became disengaged, and I could no longer set the time. We found a jeweler over in Dallas, who worked on this...
by Melinda | Sep 11, 2013 | About Me, Living Low, Relationship, Thankfulness
Disclaimer: Sorry. You might be singing that title the rest of the day. But, you know, there are a lot worse songs out there to have stuck in your head! On my birthday a couple of weeks ago, I received some beautiful gifts, all of which I loved. But there are a...
by Melinda | Sep 10, 2013 | God in the Everyday, He's Bigger than Me, In the Eye of the Beholder, Living the God Life, Thankfulness
I had two people mention to me, after reading yesterday’s post about a leaky Coke can, that they didn’t understand how a spiritual lesson could be pulled from such an event. This is not the first time I’ve heard this, and it’s always...
by Melinda | Sep 9, 2013 | Legacy, Living Low, Reaching Out, Thankfulness
I’d needed to go to the grocery store, badly, for several days, so I finally went yesterday. (Have I told you how much I hate going grocery shopping?) I made out my list, steeled my resolve, and headed into town. I was pleased with my cart choice, once I...
by Melinda | Sep 8, 2013 | God in the Everyday, Lover of My Soul, Marriage, Thankfulness, Travel
It started as an exciting day. At 9:30 in the morning, we made a rash decision to take a road trip, and by 10:00 we were in the car. Twenty minutes later, down the road, we finally figured out where we were going. Salado, we decided. A small town, south of...
