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My Second Favorite Four-letter Word

by Robin | Feb 2, 2007 | Family, Favorite things, Photos, SNOW

S N O W…who cares if it’s here today, gone tomorrow? My kids were out at 7:00 a.m. I drank coffee and watched with DELIGHT as they made the most of what we got (maybe an inch? two? and very wet!). Aussie doesn’t look as happy...

At a loss…

by Robin | Jan 9, 2007 | Family, Fathers and daughters, Personal

Last night I was almost finished with the post explaining Rachel’s mysterious mass about the same time the Florida Gators were schooling Ohio State in the subtleties of playing football, when I got the call. The “call”. THE call. The call I had been...

Sometimes I write for “you”…

by Robin | Oct 24, 2006 | Aging, Faith, Family, Fathers and daughters, Uncategorized

…and sometimes I write for me. This one’s for me. Because I want to remember. It’s not a side often shown “here”, so many distractions…and well, it just takes longer (maybe only for me, I dunno). There’s so much more to...

Blind Men, Elephants and Jesus

by Robin | Oct 7, 2006 | Faith, Family, Personal, Poetry

It was six men of IndostanTo learning much inclined,Who went to see the Elephant(Though all of them were blind),That each by observationMight satisfy his mind The First approached the Elephant,And happening to fallAgainst his broad and sturdy side,At once began to...

A Different Kind of Father’s Day

by Robin | Jun 18, 2006 | Aging, Family, Fathers and daughters, Memoir, Personal, Uncategorized

This time last year, my dad’s mental faculty was declining but he was still living a fairly “normal” life. Now 74, until the past year or so he’s been pretty active and seemed younger than his chronological age. With his dementia onset on our...