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...

The other day my son sent me a video of my granddaughter walking for the first time. She’d taken steps before but this was the real deal....

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....

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...

I remember having one Christmas tree when I was a child. The fragrance of Cedar always takes me back to that memory – a fresh-cut tree in...

Life has changed since the simple days of childhood. I’m number seven of ten children born to my parents, Travis and Rachel. I grew up in...

My family didn’t know much about depression until my twenty-four-year old nephew, Brandon, took his own life two years ago. We were all...

Recently, I received fifteen dollars too much change at a local fast food restaurant. The employee closed the drive-thru window and...

I see the bike laying on the garage floor as I pull in. I slow down and stop before I bump it with the front of my car. My youngest son...

Hi. My name is Melinda and I’m directionally challenged. It all started back in the seventh grade in Mrs. Griggs’ class. We were studying...

Growing up, I had a pesky little sister four years my junior. She seemed to follow me everywhere. If I wanted to go for a walk to get...

Christmas is upon us. Somehow it crept up on me again this year. 💚 This week, there was a discussion at work about buying gifts for our...

A couple of weeks ago, I took my daughter-in-law to the mall shopping for a new dress. After we looked around and didn't find anything...

We just got back from a wonderful beach vacation ❤ We haven't taken a family vacation for about five years, it seems. So, we thoroughly...

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...

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....

I got a text message from my husband the other day. He'd sent a photo. I studied the picture of his work truck but couldn’t figure out...

My parents are getting older. It seems Momma is in and out of the hospital weekly and Daddy doesn't do well when she's not around....

It's been nearly a year since my nephew, Brandon, passed away. A dreadful anniversary to keep. But it's impossible not to. It doesn't...

My husband and I have a plastic ice cream bucket full of old coins. Both of us collected them when we were young and "somehow" our...