by Melinda | Dec 4, 2013 | Eyes Wide Open, Free Indeed, God Stories, He's Bigger than Me, Healing Hearts, In the Eye of the Beholder, Thankfulness, The Glory of Friends
What if we all decided that we wanted to figure out what was the real cause of the old pain in our lives? You know, that brokenness you’ve been carrying around for, what, a year? Five? Fifteen? Thirty-seven? What if you just woke up one day, and instead...
by Melinda | Nov 16, 2013 | Living Low, Living the God Life, Relationship, Texas, Thankfulness, The Glory of Friends, Travel, Uncategorized
Today’s our last day. We’re packing up in a bit, and starting our trek back to DFW. I know I wrote about friends at the beginning of this trip, but it’s always at the end of a trip that I have fresh appreciation for my traveling companions,...
by Melinda | Nov 11, 2013 | God in the Everyday, He's Bigger than Me, Healing Hearts, Home on the Range, In the Eye of the Beholder, Texas, Thankfulness, The Glory of Friends, Uncategorized
I’ve mentioned my favorite tree before. Here it is pictured in its summer splendor. It’s getting a little thin on leaves, now, I realized, when I took Lynne on a tour of the property yesterday, and we popped in for a visit. But it’s no less...
by Melinda | Nov 10, 2013 | All in the Family, Great Girlfriend Adventure, He's Bigger than Me, Relationship, Texas, Thankfulness, The Glory of Friends, Travel
I’ve got some really great friends. I don’t see them nearly as often as I’d like, as most of my closest friends live far away. It stinks, but I’d rather have it this way than not have them in my life at all! Today, I pick up a friend at...
by Melinda | Nov 4, 2013 | About Me, Blogging, Relationship, Social Media, Thankfulness, The Glory of Friends
I’ve been thinking a lot about this day. A year ago, I started counting my blessings (two days late) with the rest of Facebook, in the annual November “30 days of Thankfulness.” When it was over on the 30th, I got an email from my friend...
by Melinda | Oct 17, 2013 | All in the Family, Reaching Out, The Glory of Friends, Travel, Uncategorized
We bid Venice a fond farewell through the back window of a water taxi, as we sped off toward the train station. We can’t get over the ease of travel here. When we asked the owner of our small Venetian hotel how much time we should allow at the station...
