by Melinda | Jan 19, 2016 | Free Indeed, Get Real, He Knows Me, Healing Hearts, Self Help, Thankfulness, The Great Uncomfortable, Truth
Brody was asleep, and because Lilli was off school on Monday, the two of us spent his naptime hours together. We brought down some games from upstairs and jumped in with gusto. Girlfriend LOVES games. Toward the end of his naptime, and of the last game, she...
by Melinda | Jan 9, 2016 | Eyes Wide Open, He's Bigger than Me, Life on the Rock, Listen and Learn, Obedience, Purpose, Thankfulness, The Great Uncomfortable, Trust, Truth, Uncategorized, Under His Wings, Working Out Faith
I have a good friend who just got back from Key West. She went with her daughter, and I asked, when I discovered they were going, if they chose to go there because they were Hemingway fans. That wasn’t the reason, but his Key West house is one of my...
by Melinda | Jan 5, 2016 | Get Real, Living in the Moment, Self Help, The Great Uncomfortable
I’ve been walking by it all month. Right off the garage, I’ve been forced to see it there, screaming a litany of what needs to be done. My desk (or catch-all, which is by far the more accurate term) has had neatish stacks of papers, statements, and...
by Melinda | Dec 29, 2015 | All Together Now, Hard Times, He Knows Me, He's Bigger than Me, Healing Hearts, Hope, Listen and Learn, Lover of My Soul, The Great Uncomfortable, Trust, Uncategorized, Under His Wings, Working Out Faith
The kiddos have been battling either allergies, or the crud, seemingly since school began in the fall. Really, we all have, despite our best efforts to essential-oil ourselves up, eat right, drink raw apple cider wonder potions, or, most of all, keep our...
by Melinda | Dec 27, 2015 | Get Real, Health, Let's Eat, Listen and Learn, Self Help, The Great Uncomfortable
One of the side dishes I served for Christmas dinner was Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Balsamic Reduction and Cranberries. They were delicious, and this is coming from the girl who hated them so much, growing up, that she faced down her father at dinner and was...
by Melinda | Dec 26, 2015 | Christmas, Eyes Wide Open, Free Indeed, Get Real, Heart talk, Life Abundant, The Great Uncomfortable
Here I sit, amidst the wreckage. Piles of boxes and gifts everywhere. Toys, shiny and new, lining the walls. My babies are asleep in their beds, and their mother has hit the road for a much needed vacation, so they are with us for the next eight days. Yesterday was a...
