by Melinda | Nov 3, 2015 | All Together Now, Listen and Learn, Living in the Moment, Thankfulness
So, yesterday I woke up to that video about “If you only had one week left.” I was bowled over by it, couldn’t stop thinking about it, and wrote about it. Maybe you read it. If not, you can do that here. Then, I went about my day trying very...
by Melinda | Nov 2, 2015 | Eyes Wide Open, Get Real, Living in the Moment, Living the God Life, Thankfulness
I sat down to write about something else this morning, but before I typed a word I was bowled over by a video in my Facebook feed, posted by a friend in Nashville (Thanks Pam!). It stopped me dead in my tracks. I want you to take a minute, click this link (or...
by Melinda | Nov 1, 2015 | About Me, All Together Now, God in the Everyday, Thankfulness
I glanced at the clock as the light came streaming into the bedroom windows this morning. It said 6:15, in direct contrast to the black-as-pitch view that the same time has offered the last few weeks. Time change. Fall back. It’s that time of year, when the...
by Melinda | Mar 9, 2015 | All in the Family, God in the Everyday, Home on the Range, Hope for the Trail, Life Abundant, Thankfulness
It’s been a special weekend. In the wee hours of Friday morning, we got a call from Maddie, telling us that her pregnant mare, April, was finally in labor. Twelve days late, all of us had begun to wonder if it would ever happen! We threw on clothes and...
by Melinda | Jan 22, 2015 | Life Abundant, Living the God Life, Relationship, Thankfulness, The Glory of Friends, Uncategorized
Two years and six days ago, I wrote this: I said goodbye to my friend last night. What a gallant fight she’s fought. The last ravages of her disease are quietly laying claim to her tired body, and she’s now only about the business of relationship. I...
by Melinda | Dec 24, 2014 | Christmas, Life on the Rock, Thankfulness, Working Out Faith
I have had two babies. The first was induced, so I didn’t feel those first tell-tale signs of labor that send everyone into a panic and find you fleeing at breakneck speeds for the hospital. The second, however, was a different story. The day Emmie was born, I...
