Melina Meador
Small.
This is the time for small. Not vast. Small. Like three or four pints of apricot jam, not twenty. Like a garden of one zucchini plant,...
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Melina Meador
- Jul 16, 2019
- 1 min
Summer Pregnancy
Well, feeling the baby halfway through this pregnancy is awesome. I sit down in my bedroom reading chair and lift my big legs onto the...
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Melina Meador
- Jun 11, 2019
- 3 min
Blackberries
One mid-July evening, when the jewel colors of the Chehalis and Wishkah rivers and the hills of Douglas Firs sparkle their brightest, Dad...
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Melina Meador
- Jun 4, 2019
- 1 min
Looking For Great Conversations
I recently took a trip back to Indiana to visit family and friends. It was only my fourth time back to visit the land of my husband’s...
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Melina Meador
- Apr 9, 2019
- 1 min
Season of Slippage
I set out to make 2019 the year of writing and of reading Shakespeare. I've been plugging away on my laid out plans to do just that when...
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Melina Meador
- Mar 26, 2019
- 2 min
Habits For My Toddlers
I’ve been musing over what I’ve been training my toddlers to do, and why. This is kind of a journal entry of sorts, marking for myself...
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Melina Meador
- Mar 20, 2019
- 1 min
Is There Just One Way To Love?
Recently a wise woman told me to ask more questions. I thought this great advice but I asked her why anyway. “It’s the only way to love...
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Melina Meador
- Mar 1, 2019
- 1 min
Moving Along Helps Me – Does it You?
I read this morning that some people write after they have a clear plan, and some write with no plan. For that second group, the plan...
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Melina Meador
- Feb 21, 2019
- 1 min
Blowing Bubbles in the Snow
We blow them, one or four at a time Rainbow balls bursting forth Sparkling in the sun What a treat to see your little lips puckering Your...
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Melina Meador
- Feb 12, 2019
- 3 min
The Ballerina
When I was a little girl I used to dance nearly every day. I spent hours with the CD player blasting Strauss waltzes or Tschaikowsky...
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Melina Meador
- Feb 11, 2019
- 1 min
Endings and Beginnings
Once I was told this rule of thumb: How you end one thing is how you’ll begin the next thing. It might sound a little woo-woo, but I...
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Melina Meador
- Feb 5, 2019
- 3 min
Do you know where your Great-Grandparents lived and died? Does it matter?
I have been recently re-immersed in my paternal family’s history. I’ve always loved the story of their immigration to Hoquiam, Washington...
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Melina Meador
- Jan 29, 2019
- 3 min
Finding Your Way Out of Dullsville
It happens to all of us. We mean to stay inspired and we do, for a while. And then we get tired and suddenly we wonder, “Will I ever get...
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Melina Meador
- Jan 17, 2019
- 3 min
What Physical Change Do You Need to Make? Or The Chair That Changed My Life
About a year and a half ago my husband and I loaded up our two little babies in the double stroller and walked to an estate sale about 2...
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Melina Meador
- Jan 16, 2019
- 2 min
What Inspires You and How Do You Stay Inspired?
Keep a green bough in your heart and the singing bird will come. (Chinese Proverb) Have you ever just made a list of the things that...
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Melina Meador
- Jan 12, 2019
- 3 min
What Does it Mean to Close Your Eyes in Prayer?
Not long ago some of our family was gathered at an Uncle and Aunt’s home for dinner. We had a discussion about prayer and why we close...
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Melina Meador
- Jan 8, 2019
- 3 min
Are Ideas Food for the Mind?
I first heard this idea about three years ago; it’s from British Philosopher Charlotte Mason’s theory of education. She was an educator...
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Melina Meador
- Jan 7, 2019
- 8 min
My Favorite Books of 2018
It has been a fantastic year of reading! I have never read so many books in a year and each one was purposefully chosen for growth and...
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Melina Meador
- Dec 18, 2018
- 2 min
Criticism That Actually Makes a Difference
“I criticize by creation, not by finding fault.” Cicero It’s true that it’s really easy and even fun to jump on the bandwagon of your...
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Melina Meador
- Dec 18, 2018
- 1 min
Celebration - My New Life Goal (This Involves Champagne)
Last Saturday night my husband and I opened a bottle of Dom Perignon Champagne. We were celebrating several things: my husband’s...
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