by Melinda | Jul 9, 2013 | Heart talk, Home on the Range, Thankfulness
I live in the country. I live WAY OUT in the country. I live WAY OUT in the WILD, WILD, west country. I do not live alone, and I ain’t talkin’ people. In the last week, there has been a scorpion in the toilet; fire ants in an inch-wide trail,...
by Melinda | Jul 8, 2013 | Healing Hearts, Living the God Life, Thankfulness
“Jesus wept.” It was in my mind when I awoke this morning, that simple, two-word sentence from scripture. I hadn’t recently read it, or even thought about it, but it was there. I’m also not sad, not mourning, not bereft of anything. But...
by Melinda | Jul 6, 2013 | God in the Everyday, He's Bigger than Me, Healing Hearts, Thankfulness
We were in the car yesterday, when a tune I hadn’t heard in ages came on the radio. Roberta Flack. Killing Me Softly. I probably would’ve just hummed along, thinking about something else, if I didn’t have a personal history with this song. It...
by Melinda | Jul 5, 2013 | God in the Everyday, Home on the Range, In the Eye of the Beholder, Marriage, Thankfulness
After some July 4th plans had fallen through at the last minute, we found ourselves with a free day and evening, and discovered we were pretty happy about it! We enjoy getting together with other people, certainly, but when presented with a free day and evening...
by Melinda | Jul 4, 2013 | My Country, Reaching Out, Thankfulness, Uncategorized
I just saw a video of a friend’s preschooler saying the Pledge of Allegiance. She sat, wearing a big blue hair bow with her tiny little hand over her heart, and stated the words that so many Americans have memorized to the point of reciting them by rote,...
by Melinda | Jul 2, 2013 | All in the Family, He's Bigger than Me, Home on the Range, Thankfulness, Uncategorized
At the very highest point of our property, there is a perfect spot to watch the sunset. It was there, last night, that I snapped this, and sent it to my dad. Dad is the world-champion sunset viewer. He’s viewed thousands of them, enthralled every single...
