by Robin | Mar 19, 2011 | Beach, Family Traditions, Favorite things, Friends, friendship, Personal, Travel
Thirteen is their lucky number. For 13 years the guy in the blue and the guy in the black have been roughing it on an annual golf outting, traipsing up and down a trail pioneered by some joker named Robert Trent Jones; the other two characters have tagged along most...
by Robin | Feb 22, 2011 | Camp Days, Favorite things, Kids, Mom stuff, Nostalgia, Personal
Sometimes I miss, even long for, the naïveté of youth. Then is the time for free and innocent expression… before you realize sometimes words have dual meaning. For me, summers at the all-girls Jennie Arnold Edwards Y Camp in the 70s...
by Robin | Jan 23, 2011 | Advice, Favorite things, Life Philosophy, Marriage, Personal
In the same way "A kiss is a kiss and sometimes it's more," sometimes breakfast is breakfast and sometimes it's… the beginning of good things to come…! Husbands: Having been married a loooong time when surprises are few and far...
by Robin | Jan 19, 2011 | (in)courage, Advice, Books, Celebrations, Faith, Favorite things, Friends
Sometimes guilt by association is a good thing. If you're looking for great reads to add to your 2011 Book Lists, consider these works by (in)courage writers who also happen to be friends. Encouraging words, inspiring words, affecting words....
by Robin | Jan 1, 2011 | Do Something!, Faith, Favorite things, Marriage, Personal
I had almost given up hope of ever finding it. Almost. It had been three years since I could account for its whereabouts after all. Yet dim and hidden away in the farthest corner of my heart glimmered a tiny, inextinguishable spark of hope....
by Robin | Dec 31, 2010 | Blog Carnivals, Blogging, Favorite things, Links to share, Nostalgia
Like many, I enjoy some blog downtime over the holidays to be fully present with my family; but I couldn't resist a good old fashioned blog carnival, hosted by my friend Jo-Lynne at Musings of a Housewife. She's asked us to take a look over the past...