...thinking out loud.

Melody B. Reid

Hello, I'm Melody!

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Who Knew?

May 5, 2015 |

Yesterday I mowed the grass and discovered a new and intriguing fitness tip.  I wear a Fitbit One fitness tracker and try to get 10,000 steps a day.  I definitely…

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I Have a Messy Relationship With Church

May 2, 2015 |

Church and I go way back.  I’ve been in, out, in again, out again, not sure for a while, discontent, back in a little bit, on the fence, one toe…

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Till Death Do Us Part

April 20, 2015 |

As of yesterday, April 19, 2015, Will and I have been married for 29 years.  We turned 19 a few months before we met as freshmen in college and dated…

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No more four-wheeling!

April 16, 2015 |

This might be my favorite picture ever.  If you take out cute ones of my girls.  This is our second black lab Doc, who passed away a few years ago,…

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Searching for Sunday Launch

April 14, 2015 |

Today is the release date for Rachel Held Evans new book Searching for Sunday.  Ya’ll, this book is so good.  I received an advanced copy as a part of the…

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Dear Jordan Spieth

April 13, 2015 |

Read more here: http://www.thestate.com/sports/golf/article18362576.html#storylink=cpy Dear Jordan, First of all you need to know that I am not an athlete. I don’t do the sports. I’ve never played golf, and I…

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God, just don’t ask me to go to Africa

April 11, 2015 |

Growing up in a Baptist church, I can remember saying to God at a really young age, “I’ll do anything you want me to do, just don’t ask me to…

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Invitation Song

March 31, 2015 |

Many years ago my family attended a family retreat at Camp Rockmont called Homeward Bound. As I remember it, several families went together and decided to host this Christian camp for families one…

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Welcome to my new website!

March 31, 2015 |

My new friend Micah Murray, Host of the Clumsy Bloggers Workshop I’ve been taking, helped me with my website and made some really cool improvements. Micah did all the work…

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Who is the new Martha?

March 23, 2015 |

I’m not sure who the new Martha Stewart is, or even if there is a new Martha Stewart.  As a newly engaged girl in 1985, everyone wanted a copy of…

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