by Melinda | Apr 16, 2013 | God in the Everyday, Thankfulness, Uncategorized, Working Out Faith
It started yesterday with a Facebook post referencing 9/11. That sadly familiar sense of dread started washing over me as I ran to turn on the news. Not again. Please Lord, not again. However, it had happened again. Senseless violence and death. Innocent lives...
by Melinda | Apr 15, 2013 | God in the Everyday, My Man, Thankfulness, Uncategorized, Working Out Faith
We had a great weekend, enjoying being outside in beautiful weather. We have an overgrown raised garden on the property that we are working to reclaim, and Kevin was outside all yesterday afternoon, cleaning it out and tilling hard ground, adding good compost...
by Melinda | Apr 14, 2013 | God in the Everyday, Relationship, Social Media, Texas, Thankfulness, The Glory of Friends
I graduated from an enormous high school. In 1981, we were the largest graduating class in the state of Texas, with a whopping 1565 seniors walking across the stage that year. Basically, you knew the people with whom you shared activities and classes, but it...
by Melinda | Apr 13, 2013 | Living Low, Living the God Life, Movies, Thankfulness, Uncategorized, Working Out Faith
Jackie Robinson. Things I knew about him before yesterday: 1) First black baseball player in a previously all-white game 2) He and I shared the same last name for the first 19 years of my life. The End. I’ve never claimed to be a big sports fan. I did enjoy...
by Melinda | Apr 12, 2013 | Marriage, My Man, Relationship, Thankfulness, Travel, Working Out Faith
A few days ago, my mother sent me a text about how excited I must be to see my husband again. She said it was like that old 50’s song, “Reunited, and it feels so good.” I came back with how that was a 70’s song by Peaches and Herb, and,...
by Melinda | Apr 11, 2013 | God in the Everyday, Reaching Out, Thankfulness, Travel
I swiped this pic from my friend’s Facebook page (Hi Lynne!), because I’ve always liked the way it read. Nice Matters. Not matters that are nice, but the absolutely irrefutable fact that being nice really does matter. Case in point: yesterday’s...
