by Melinda | Aug 28, 2013 | About Me, Living the God Life, Thankfulness
Dear 18-Year-Old me, Happy birthday, honey. It’s okay for me to call you “honey,” because I’m quite a bit older than you, now, and that’s what I call the young people in my life. Especially those I care about, which obviously...
by Melinda | Aug 27, 2013 | He's Bigger than Me, Heart talk, Living Low, Living the God Life, Reaching Out, Relationship, Thankfulness, The Glory of Friends
Just after we first moved back to Texas, I was sitting in a nail salon. My Vietnamese technician didn’t speak any English, and for whatever reason, wasn’t much in the mood to try to communicate. It was okay, though, because, sitting next to me,...
by Melinda | Aug 25, 2013 | God in the Everyday, He's Bigger than Me, Healing Hearts, Heart talk, It's a Dog's Life, Lover of My Soul, Relationship, Thankfulness, Uncategorized
I was in a dressing room, trying to make a decision on a pair of pants, when I heard her. An older woman, she was outside in the little waiting area, speaking to the store employees, the other people waiting, and anyone else within ear shot, and she was talking...
by Melinda | Aug 24, 2013 | God in the Everyday, Home on the Range, Marriage, My Man, Thankfulness
My first day to actually be home since I returned from Florida last weekend. It was yesterday. I slept in a little. I sat long and luxuriously, after I wrote yesterday’s post, and had some more quiet time. I caught up on social media, wrote a few notes...
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 20, 2013 | He's Bigger than Me, Heart talk, Living Low, Living the God Life, My Country, My Politics, Thankfulness, Uncategorized, Working Out Faith
Yesterday, I was driving to the office. Stopped at a red light, a car pulled up next to me, windows down and stereo blaring RUSH. I haven’t heard RUSH in a long time, even the very popular Tom Sawyer… A modern day warrior Mean, mean stride...
