by Robin | Sep 10, 2013 | Encouragement, Faith, Family, Friends, friendship, Memoir, Mom stuff, Personal
{Continued from Part One ~ subsequent chapters will only make sense if you as a whole – Consider an email subscription?} ii. It was May 2003, not yet summer but the perfect weather for a cook-out. We had planted but now it was time to uproot. We had built and...
by Robin | Apr 12, 2013 | Animals, Friends, friendship, Nature
Follow my blog with Bloglovin Right before I arrived at her house, my friend Paige sent a text– “Front door is unlocked. Just come on in. I’m finishing getting ready.” Sneaky little rascal, she is… What a fun welcome to...
by Robin | Apr 30, 2012 | (in)courage, friendship
Chances are, if you come to my house for a party, I'm going to put you to work. Everyone gathering around to add their personal contributions for our (in)RL Recipe Book; scroll down to see the end result. Saturday evening, a dozen friends in my house...
by Robin | Mar 27, 2012 | Adventures in Germany, Advice, Beauty, Encouragement, Europe, friendship, Personal
Inertia Every body continues in its state of rest, or of uniform motion in a straight line, unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed upon it. Marienplatz, Munich, February 2012. Dinner is served! It's doubtful Newton had in mind...
by Robin | Mar 25, 2012 | (in)courage, Encouragement, friendship
Sometimes friendship is plain hard. What should come easily, eludes… What everyone else seems to have in bountiful supply, you lack… Never do you feel more alone than when you’re in a crowd of women whom you like or admire or want to know, but they...
by Robin | Feb 24, 2012 | (in)courage, Blogging, Friends, friendship, Personal
People who need people,Are the luckiest people in the world. Music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Bob Merril, unforgettably delivered by Barbra Streisand Sometimes I can't see the trees for the forest. The big picture is plain enough, but I'm blind to trunks and...