It is a strange thing to see your baby girl pregnant. It seems that I have been waiting forever to be a grandmother. Now back in AZ for the gender reveal it is all coming into focus. I can trace my life backwards to my decision to leave Omaha to enroll at Roosevelt University in […]
Finding The World #’hoods #passportgoals #halfcenturylife
I wanted to be a Foreign Service Officer. That was my goal. I wanted to see and be in the world. I started my college life in political science and discovered the world. Around my sophomore year I decided that I wanted to have a global life. Being raised in a military family, I was […]
Raising Grown Ups #halfcenturylife
#RaisingGrownUps #MakingMelinda #HalfCenturyLife #next’hood Raising Grown Ups turned out to be more difficult than I expected, yet I am satisfied with my efforts. I remember learning that I was pregnant and crying for three straight days. I had ruined everything, I had let everyone down. Those were my first thoughts, then I got scared. I […]
On Love, lessons from 50 #MyProtector #beingloved
I found this canvas in an antique shop in Houston’s Montrose neighborhood. It stopped my heart. This is how I see myself. This is who I am at my core. But the picture can be interpreted differently from my view. This is a mother protecting her son, a sister protecting her brother, a wife protecting […]
Making Melinda 50 #halfcenturylife #newhood
Making my 50th year….. I turn 50 this year. It is an interesting number, half century and all that. It is also the first time that I have had to reflect on my life, a serious agonizing reflection. For the last 15 years I have raised three beautiful intelligent compassionate ambitious successful children. My […]
#NolansinNola
October 30 was a special day for us. We married our baby girl big sister to Nolan Ryan. Ryan became family in 2006 while he and Blake were freshmen in high school. I had a thought then, but didn’t hope to much that they would remain together. My grandparents were married until death, over 70 […]
First Steps Traveling
So last year I made my second trip out of the USA. I spent time with my kids in Spain, then went to the beach. I hopped a flight to Tenerife Canary Islands for the black sand. It was a wonderful experience, even it scary at times. The volcano was amazing, but driving made me […]
#NolansinNOLA
I am in New Orleans for my daughter’s wedding. It has been a great 26 years with her. I am so happy and sad that she is no longer just mine, but so happy that Ryan Nolan has come into our lives. Congrats and pictures to follow