Melinda Eye Cooper
If the Good Lord's Willing . . .
Recently, when I was home, I took Mom to dialysis early on a Saturday morning and the creek was up. It wasn’t high enough to worry about...
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Melinda Eye Cooper
- Jun 5, 2019
- 2 min
Rainbow Complaints
My husband came home from work last week and I met him at the door. I noticed the rain had stopped and sunshine poured across the yard....
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Melinda Eye Cooper
- Apr 28, 2019
- 3 min
Dear Mother-in-law
Most times in life, we don’t really understand how another person feels until we step into their shoes. I became a mother-in-law a couple...
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Melinda Eye Cooper
- Aug 31, 2017
- 2 min
The Heart of it
My parents always sliced a watermelon when I was young. We kids would grab a slice, sit on the porch together and a seed spitting...
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Melinda Eye Cooper
- May 18, 2017
- 2 min
Stress TEST
Heart trouble runs in my family. Dad had a heart attack a few years ago. My oldest sister, Kathy, passed away at 49 of a heart attack....
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Melinda Eye Cooper
- Sep 27, 2016
- 3 min
Intimates...Please
I took a little part time job working in a department store where I love to shop in an effort to save some money. Since I was working a...
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Melinda Eye Cooper
- Sep 1, 2016
- 3 min
Little Sister
I have a little sister. She used to drive me crazy. She was spoiled. At least, that was my perception as the older sister of four years....
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Melinda Eye Cooper
- Aug 16, 2016
- 3 min
Promises
Like a lot of other people, I've had floods on my mind. I know of some who have had to re-start their lives due to flooding. My friend,...
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Melinda Eye Cooper
- Jul 29, 2016
- 2 min
The Doughnut
My recent check up with the doctor revealed that my cholesterol is back up. He advised that I change my diet in order to get it back into...
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Melinda Eye Cooper
- Jul 16, 2016
- 2 min
Carved in Stone
Some things you can not change. No matter how much you want to. It's over. Finished. There's no way to go back to the way things used to...
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Melinda Eye Cooper
- Jul 16, 2016
- 2 min
Enjoy the Ride!
My first car was an old Toyota Corolla that you could start with a butter knife! My dad paid $300.00 for it to teach me a lesson....
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Melinda Eye Cooper
- Jul 9, 2016
- 2 min
Nailed It!
Last weekend I made a cake from a recipe on Facebook that was a complete disaster. It was a recipe my (soon to be) daughter-in-law posted...
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Melinda Eye Cooper
- Jun 14, 2016
- 2 min
Hide and Seek
When we were kids, playing hide and seek was one of our favorite games. Especially, if it got to be dusk outside and other neighborhood...
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Melinda Eye Cooper
- May 25, 2016
- 3 min
It Takes Three
In 1955 these two married each other. Travis and Rachel met at a roller skating rink in Hopewell, Missouri. Mom’s account is that he came...
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Melinda Eye Cooper
- May 2, 2016
- 3 min
If They Die
In March 2011, my nephew, Brandon Bourbon came to visit me in Tennessee with his girlfriend, Nicole. I was so excited because I don’t get...
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Melinda Eye Cooper
- Mar 26, 2016
- 2 min
The Church Pew
This old dust covered Church pew brings back many Precious Memories. I sat in one of these pews every Sunday (just about) my entire...
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Melinda Eye Cooper
- Feb 16, 2016
- 2 min
On Guard
It’s so easy to be caught off guard by someone or a situation. It has happened to me countless times. To the point that I FINALLY...
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Melinda Eye Cooper
- Nov 30, 2015
- 2 min
Between a Rock and a Hard Place
The other day at work, I was talking with a young man and in the midst of the conversation, he mentioned the common phrase of being...
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Melinda Eye Cooper
- Oct 29, 2015
- 2 min
Rock Solid
One of my favorite church hymns growing up was The Solid Rock. (Page 202 in the Old School Hymnal we used in the Primitive Baptist Church...
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Melinda Eye Cooper
- Oct 16, 2015
- 2 min
Tag . . . You're Not It
When I was young, one of my favorite games to play was tag. It was mostly a summer game played in the evening before dark with the...
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