Fake Palm Trees
There’s a home in Bountiful that I’ve been walking by for years, that keeps trying to grow PALM TREES. This homeowner must really LOVE...
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melindawelch62
- Jul 25, 2022
- 2 min
Live a Good Story
Donald Miller's-- A Million Miles in a Thousand years, is one of my favorite books. Miller goes from sleeping all day to riding his bike...
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melindawelch62
- Jan 21, 2022
- 2 min
Get bored
No one has a chance to be bored anymore. I remember saying to my mom, “I’m bored” and she would say, “Oh I have a list of things for you...
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melindawelch62
- Dec 21, 2021
- 2 min
Grief Bomb
Yesterday I experienced many grief bombs. You know how you finally reach a point where you’re not crying as much as you once were? You...
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melindawelch62
- Aug 9, 2021
- 1 min
Parent Math doesn't add up
I love watching my kids parent. Sometimes they do it in a compassionate, curious, patient way and sometimes they are pulling their hair...
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melindawelch62
- Apr 5, 2021
- 1 min
Don't hit your cousin
My nephew Jordan was learning to ride a bike. We were all watching him practice on his two-wheeler while my 4-year-old Addison was on...
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melindawelch62
- Mar 23, 2021
- 1 min
My marriage is awesome!
I celebrated my 38th Wedding Anniversary on Sunday. It felt like an accomplishment. I met my husband-to-be when we were Sophomores at...
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melindawelch62
- Mar 15, 2021
- 1 min
I am an artist, just because I say I am
My sister Marcie was the artist. I was the "A" student. I wanted to be an artist and would draw women’s faces with hair flowing over...
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melindawelch62
- Feb 24, 2021
- 1 min
Good News and Bad News
We got some great news about a new family member. I was so excited. We got some bad news about a house sale that didn’t go through. I...
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melindawelch62
- Feb 2, 2021
- 2 min
Toddler Brain.
Our brain is wired for negativity, this is called the negativity bias. It feeds us thousands of thoughts per day, most of them negative....
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melindawelch62
- Jan 28, 2021
- 1 min
My closet taught me this...
Thoughts are literally like the clothing in your closet. Sometimes I stand in front of my closet, deciding what to wear, and my brain...
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melindawelch62
- Dec 10, 2020
- 1 min
Knighting to believe
We knighted our grandchildren last night in a fun ceremony of light. Wayne and I wore capes and crowns and we made crowns for the kids as...
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melindawelch62
- Nov 25, 2020
- 1 min
Love the way people want to be loved
Laila loves her dog Jet…but it seems at times that he doesn’t love her back. He doesn’t want to cuddle or sit on her lap, or even hold...
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melindawelch62
- Nov 16, 2020
- 2 min
Love all the Selfies
“Ugh. My teeth are spreading out. My skin is so wrinkly around my mouth— I need to stop using straws. And those deep furrows between...
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melindawelch62
- Nov 3, 2020
- 4 min
Do you love pictures of yourself?
We’ve all been there. You see a photo of yourself that you hate, and you quickly hit delete. OR You don’t let people take pics of you. OR...
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melindawelch62
- Oct 26, 2020
- 1 min
Cairns - follow or not?
While hiking the red trails of Arches National park last week, there were many little cairns along the way. Cairns are stacked rocks that...
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melindawelch62
- Aug 26, 2020
- 2 min
You're an ALLY- take care of you
I’ve been an ally in the LGBTQ space for years and now in the Black Lives Matter space. And some times it feels like a lot. I’ve had to...
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melindawelch62
- Aug 20, 2020
- 3 min
What's water?
There is an old, wise fish swimming by two young fish and he asks… “How’s the water?” The young fish looks to his companion and says,...
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melindawelch62
- Aug 4, 2020
- 1 min
Snow White
Snow White went from singing with woodland creatures, dancing with seven men, and having a penchant for apples to this??? Expect the...
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melindawelch62
- Jun 23, 2020
- 2 min
Change your mind around racism
This is my dad holding his last two grandchildren. When Laila became our daughter he was so thrilled to have some “color” added to our...
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