by Robin | Jan 16, 2011 | Compassion International, Encouragement, Kids, Mom stuff, Parenting, Personal, Teens & Tweens
Sometimes my daughter asks loaded questions… “What are you doing tonight…?” There’s a swollen pause at the end of her question, and dancing eyes tell me she Has Ideas and they’re probably better than anything I have in mind....
by Robin | Jan 3, 2011 | Encouragement, Faith, Personal
{Please read the beginning of The New year's Eve Miracle if you haven't; if gives the rest of the story a much richer context.} A rush of emotion filled me. No, that's not right. It overflowed. Had you been standing nearby in that moment,...
by Robin | Oct 15, 2010 | Advice, Encouragement, Family, Mom stuff, Parenting, Personal, Teens & Tweens
I haven't been this excited–and honored–to guest post elsewhere since I moonlighted at 5 Minutes for Mom and Rocks in My Dryer during my Compassion International trip to Calcutta– A few weeks ago, my friend Tsh aka (in)courage sista aka SimpleMom...
by Robin | Jul 21, 2010 | Advice, Encouragement, Faith, Kids, Mom stuff, Music, Parenting, Personal, Teens & Tweens, Videos, youtube ROCKS!
"We're the nerds…we sit at the nerd table at lunch." It wasn't a pity party or a passive-aggressive attempt to coax a compliment from me, it was a declarative statement, a matter-of-fact assessment of "who" they were by one of their...
by Robin | Jul 16, 2010 | Advice, Books, Chattanooga, Encouragement, Family, Favorite things, friendship, Great ideas!, Life Philosophy, Mom stuff, Personal, Teens & Tweens, Writing
Sometimes you strike gold when you aren’t even mining for it. The idea was planted the way a lot of great ideas are–buried in the loamy subconscious, waiting to burst surface at just the right time. The blame–no, make that credit–goes to Don...
by Robin | Jun 10, 2010 | Encouragement, Health, Life Philosophy, Mom stuff, Personal
In my on-going quest to (take your pick…): stay in shape get in shape tone existing muscle build non-existent muscle lose weight fit into my summer clothes relieve stress defeat insomnia train for a marathon l i v e t o s e e m y g r...