by Melinda | Nov 18, 2015 | Quiet, Self Help, Work
That title almost seems impossible in today’s world, doesn’t it? It does to me, at any rate. The constant chatter of the outside world seems like you’re always within earshot of a giant swarm of bees (and if you’re not careful, you can...
by Melinda | Jan 6, 2015 | Life Abundant, Listen and Learn, Purpose, Work
I’m not sure what made me think about it. It simply jumped into my mind unbidden, and I thought I’d throw it out to the masses. What is your dream job, and are you doing it? That’s the question I posed last night on Facebook. I received quite a few...
by Melinda | Aug 22, 2014 | Free Indeed, He's Bigger than Me, Home on the Range, Hope, Living the God Life, My Man, Work
About three weeks ago, Kevin threw his back out. He’s done it before, but this time was a lot worse, and when it happened the lawn needed to be mowed. It’s quite a bit of grass that we mow around the house, and it was looking pretty shaggy. I...
by Melinda | Jul 25, 2014 | God in the Everyday, He Knows Me, He's Bigger than Me, Hope, Life Abundant, Thankfulness, Uncategorized, Work
I’m sitting in Kevin’s new office, just down the hall from his former corner office suite that waits for its new occupant. It contains some of the furniture that he used for the last four years, along with a different desk, since Kevin’s is...
by Melinda | Jul 17, 2014 | Marriage, My Man, Thankfulness, Work
We sat there all day, my man and I, in our den-turned-office, across from one another at our new partner’s desk. He was doing phoning and planning; I was setting up social media, and working through correspondence. We alternated between constructive...
by Melinda | Jun 25, 2014 | Comparison, Contentedness, Eyes Wide Open, Get Real, Work
There are a million memes that pop up in my social media feeds every day. Every. Single. Day. But every so often, one pops up that knocks my socks off, and yesterday delivered such a powerhouse. It’s something, isn’t it? The thing is, it’s a...