Hi! Thank you for visiting my site. My name is Mindi Arnesen and I am Melody’s youngest daughter. I have wanted to do this site as a lasting tribute to my Mom ever since she passed, but for the longest time it was just too painful. Later it became lost in the hustle and bustle of normal life. But around the time of my Mom’s birthday in 2014, I made a vow that I wanted to get the site up and running for the 10th anniversary of her passing which would be April 21st, 2015. 
She was my fun, creative Mom growing up, but she was my best friend and confidant as an adult. She was my biggest supporter, the one I could count on, she could always make me laugh and was a shoulder if I needed to cry. I talked to her about things that I could talk to no one other than my husband about. We talked on the phone every day, many times multiple times a day. When she died unexpectedly it left a great void in my life that I feel nothing or no one can ever fill.
My biggest regret about having a child later in life is that he never got to meet his Grandma and that she never got to spend time with him. He has such a big imagination and is creative in his own right. I see glimpses of her in his personality and I know she would have spoiled him rotten. She would love him so much and I know she’s looking down on him from up above. Unfortunately his Grandma Arnesen also passed away at an early age, so Richard and I plan to make his grandmas as real to him as we can through our own stories and family photos. I see some aspects of her even in how I parent and it makes me smile when I catch myself using phrases that were uniquely my mom. 
