by Melinda | Apr 22, 2013 | All in the Family, God in the Everyday, Healing Hearts, In the Eye of the Beholder, Mimmie's Heart, Reaching Out, Thankfulness
I usually wait a couple of weeks after a trip to Florida, for a day when I’m really missing my people down there, then I check the pictures on my phone and iPad and see what I find. With a tech-savvy toddler in the house, there is absolutely NO TELLING...
by Melinda | Apr 21, 2013 | All in the Family, God Stories, Healing Hearts, Home on the Range, Let's Eat, Living the God Life, Marriage, My Man, Relationship, Thankfulness, Uncategorized, Working Out Faith
My husband loves coconut cake. We had an amazing taste of one recently, and were given the promise of the recipe. But, yesterday, I decided that he needed to have that cake sooner than later, so I started looking up recipes on my own. There was a veritable host...
by Melinda | Apr 20, 2013 | God in the Everyday, Marriage, My Man, Thankfulness, Travel
Yesterday, I had set aside some time to work on our trip to Europe. If you missed that big announcement, my man has blessed me with a trip to France and Italy for our 50-30-50 year (two 50th birthdays and a 30th anniversary!). Let’s just say that Mama...
by Melinda | Apr 19, 2013 | Reaching Out, Thankfulness, Uncategorized, Working Out Faith
Yesterday, my oldest daughter was using an old knife in the tack room to open a package of meds, slipped while applying pressure, and stabbed herself in the middle of her other palm. Delightful. After a consultation with me about the date of her last tetanus...
by Melinda | Apr 18, 2013 | Living the God Life, Thankfulness, Working Out Faith
It’s amazing to me, the number of self-help books on the shelf, or I guess I should say available for download, these days. They cover every topic under the sun, from dieting to finding your center to loving the child within. To look at them as a whole,...
by Melinda | Apr 17, 2013 | Healing Hearts, Thankfulness
It’s interesting to me, the things you find yourself involved in. My husband works for a major life insurance company, and through their foundation, we became aware of our local Camp Fire chapter, and a grief camp for kids that they sponsor, called Camp...