by Robin | Jan 30, 2015 | Family, Kids, Memoir, Mom stuff, Parenting, Personal, Uncategorized
When things go according to the way they should, your children will leave you. It’s a sobering thought if you’re lightyears away from that day, but time can be a jerk, stretching days impossibly long but shriveling years tiny, so when the time comes you...
by Robin | Jan 21, 2015 | Health, Recipes, Simple Mom, Uncategorized
I have never been better at numbering my days– Day 20 of Whole30; Day 8 of 18 sessions of Boot Camp. Neither is easy for me and there are days I am ready to quit ALL of it. But I won’t and here’s why: compelling motive, accountability, fun (are you...
by Robin | Jan 15, 2015 | Uncategorized
I can feel it, this thing. It hangs in the air like a winter’s dingy fog, filling space and controlling the atmosphere of the soul. Foreboding. Present. A dread. The gray slithers in, a quiet bully, trying to make me forget the sun is just beyond that somber...
by Robin | Jan 13, 2015 | (in)courage, Faith, friendship, Personal
My dear brothers and sisters, how can you claim to have faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ if you favor some people over others? {James 2:1 NLT} I don’t think she realized the profundity of her counsel nor the impact that her words would have in my life: “Your...
by Robin | Jan 9, 2015 | Humor, Personal, Teens & Tweens
I think it’s fair to blame it on the fact I’ve never before attended a fitness Boot Camp. Well, that, and my brain and body are offended by the 4:50am wake-up call to get to said Boot Camp on time. They just aren’t fully awake by 5:30....