by Melinda | May 29, 2013 | God in the Everyday, Healing Hearts, Mimmie's Heart, Thankfulness, The Glory of Friends, Working Out Faith
We played a lot of blocks yesterday. I have a whole bucket full of old wooden blocks, the ones in primary colors that anyone around my age had when they were a kid. Lilli has really enjoyed them this visit, dumping them out into a huge pile and building castles...
by Melinda | May 22, 2013 | All in the Family, Healing Hearts, Living Low, Mimmie's Heart, Reaching Out, Relationship, Thankfulness, The Glory of Friends
We were both in my bathroom. Lilli was sitting in the dry bathtub playing with her My Little Pony purse and its contents, which included three bangle bracelets, a pretend makeup compact (or her “hiccup” as she calls it), a comb, and a talking magic...
by Melinda | May 11, 2013 | About Me, Bible Study, Thankfulness, The Glory of Friends, Uncategorized, Working Out Faith
I started a new Bible study with two of my closest friends, yesterday, which walks us through Gideon’s story in the book of Judges. It’s only three little chapters long, yet Day One of study has already started to unsettle me. Bible study does that....
by Melinda | Apr 28, 2013 | God Stories, Healing Hearts, Home on the Range, Reaching Out, Relationship, Thankfulness, The Glory of Friends, Women's Ministry, Working Out Faith
We are planting a vegetable garden. Or, I guess I should say we are trying to plant one. The beds were beautifully prepared by my husband, and I got them seeded, and we had moved on to figuring out what kind of fence we were going to put around it, as we knew...
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 4, 2013 | God in the Everyday, Relationship, Thankfulness, The Glory of Friends, Uncategorized, Working Out Faith
I had the incredible treat, yesterday, of getting my hair done by my old stylist from when I lived here a few years ago. I’ve really missed her, and on top of just doing a great job on my hair, we have similar heartbeats when it comes to living life. It...