by Robin | Oct 21, 2011 | 31 Days of Parenting Teens & Tweens, Advice, Parenting, Teens & Tweens
~ 31 Days of Parenting Teens & Tweens, Day 15 ~ Parenting isn't for cowards. Parenting isn't easy. In parenting, you impact the future. So do what you can to stack the odds in your favor, lesson (imagined) fears of failure and minimize the...
by Robin | Sep 30, 2011 | 31 Days of Parenting Teens & Tweens, Advice, Inspiring, Kids, Parenting, Personal, Teens & Tweens
Please . And THANK YOU for visiting! For the first 3½ years of my illustrious blogging {coughcough} career, I posted daily. NaBloPoMo was nothing to me; if I remember correctly, I m i g h t have even suffered...
by Robin | Sep 20, 2011 | Advice, Favorite things, Friends, friendship, Inspiring
Check out Leigh's at Curly Girl…and while you're there, please tell her I'm her biggest stalker fan! Then buy lots of her stuff; you'll thank me for making the introduction if you aren't already familiar with her work. ...
by Robin | Jul 20, 2011 | 20th Anniversary Trip, Advice, Antigua, Hermitage Bay, Therapon
More than any other season, Summer makes me feel young. Maybe it’s nostalgic camp memories, or our tradition of family vacation, or great weather allowing more time outdoors, but Summer invites the kid in all of us to come out and play. I...
by Robin | Jul 19, 2011 | Advice, Travel
I really, truly want to hear from you… We're taking our three teens to the Big Apple this Summer, and we'll have about 2 1/2 days in the City that Never Sleeps ('cause honestly, who can afford to take a family to New York longer than that???). ...
by Robin | May 20, 2011 | (in)courage, Advice, Kids, Mom stuff, On my soapbox, Parenting
“… do not exasperate your children;instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.”~ Ephesians 6:4 I have a love/hate relationship with cell phones. I’m thankful for the many conveniences they afford, but I despise the potential temptations,...