by Robin | Aug 23, 2024 | (in)courage, Encouragement, Faith, Family, Memoir, Personal
All of us have something special within ourselves that impacts others and can alter the atmosphere around us: Everyday superpowers. Not exactly the blockbuster movie variety, but superpowers nonetheless. Attitudes and influence that shape opinion, encourage or...
by Robin | Oct 30, 2022 | (in)courage, Encouragement, Faith, Family, Fathers and daughters, Personal
Have there been struggles in your life where you didn’t have a safe space to process, work through, or even discuss them? Do you have relationships with family or friends marred by unforgiveness, differences of opinion, or underlying complexities that...
by Robin | Feb 1, 2021 | (in)courage, Encouragement, Faith
I could hardly wait for the morning my husband and daughter left town for a daddy-daughter getaway. I secretly planned a trip to Six Flags with our two younger sons. It was a hero gift for my thrill-seeking boys; no doubt, they would consider me a rock star. I wasn’t...
by Robin | Sep 24, 2019 | (in)courage, Affiliate links used, Bargains, Beauty, Encouragement, Inspiring, Uncategorized
~ sponsored by ~ Surprise–back to back posts! I’ll be brief, but each of these things is so important to me (for very different reasons), please DO read to the end. My (in)courage post, a $10 “They’re Real” Benefit Deal, and...
by Robin | Apr 28, 2018 | Art, Do Something!, Empty Nest, Encouragement, Favorite things, friendship, Inspiring, Life Philosophy, Personal
“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.” ~ Thomas Merton I have a love/hate relationship with social media. On one hand, I’m convinced our lives were better without it overall. We had fewer friends, sure, but they...
by Robin | Mar 29, 2018 | #OYTO, Aging, Encouragement, Personal, Uncategorized, Writing
Right now, in this hair’s breadth of a moment, you are both as old as you’ve ever been, and as young as you ever will be again. Interesting thought, isn’t it? It is not unusual for me to think about time, in general, and aging,...