by Robin | Jun 30, 2011 | Family, Friends, friendship, Funny Stuff!, Great quotes, Humor, Kids, Life Philosophy, Mom stuff, Personal, Teens & Tweens
Sometimes I do or say things my kids don't care for. Like when I tell them "Do (or don't do) ________, or I'll take a baseball bat to your knee caps." For example, "If you or any of your friends ride your RipStick down our VERY STEEP...
by Robin | Jun 27, 2011 | Friends, friendship, One Thousand Gifts
I'm back from a long weekend in the place where my marriage was infant-nurtured, my babies were conceived and loved by a hundred mamas, and that still feels like going home though I wasn't born there. Well-familiar faces give me reason to add to my...
by Robin | Jun 17, 2011 | Family, friendship, Kids, Parenting, Personal, Teens & Tweens
There's a season of life where sleep is impossible. It's the Season of Teenagers. Last night while my oldest was away at her college's pre-orientation, my two boys, 14 & close-enough-to-17-for-it-to-count, had friends over. When I went to bed,...
by Robin | Jun 5, 2011 | Cancer is NOT okay!, Chattanooga, Chick-fil-A, Friends, friendship, Inspiring, Kids
He says he's just an ordinary sixth grader but the evidence is stacked against him: After reading Drums, Girls, And Dangerous Pie ("a story about a middle school boy whose younger brother is diagnosed with leukemia. The boy ends up...
by Robin | Apr 15, 2011 | Friends, friendship, Poetry
she is my friend who hears my unspoken words as loudly as those drawled, celebrates dreams as though they are real, pursues me as if i am worthy, challenges me with ancient words, opens her veins and splashes blood mixed with tears, vaults my secrets behind keyless...
by Robin | Apr 7, 2011 | (in)courage, Faith, Family, Food and Drink, friendship, Recipes
Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinkingif God had not made them a pleasure as well as a necessity. ~ Voltaire In a few weeks Easter will be celebrated and families and friends will gather together to honor a risen King; we'll do so around a...