Inspiring Archives - Page 8 of 15

B…again

by Robin | Jul 5, 2013 | Inspiring, Uncategorized

A few days ago I published a piece that included the magnificent spoken verse B by poet Sarah Kay. A few hours later I reconsidered sharing it publically–sometimes I’m slow to realize ev-er-y moment doesn’t need to be splattered across the world...

Garden + HEART = Celebration

by Robin | Apr 19, 2013 | Do Something!, Family, Inspiring

I couldn't believe my ears. "Would you write a post to promote our Garden Celebration?" It's the first time anyone in my family asked me to write about something so it must be pretty important. I've often contended there is no...

Wonderfully YOU

by Robin | Feb 19, 2013 | (in)courage, Encouragement, Faith, Inspiring

After 25 years, he still doesn't completely understand me. It was just the two of us alone in the car that day, when I casually mentioned entering the HGTV Dream Home giveaway. "Why do you enter giveaways?" he asks, incredulous that anyone bothers...

Beauty is the light in the heart

by Robin | Jan 31, 2013 | Breast Cancer, Cancer is NOT okay!, Inspiring, Personal

One of Sue Bryce's stunning captures from Jill's Paris photo shoot. Thrilled that Babble included Jill's picture in their !! If we ever met in real life, I'd like to think Jill Brzezinski-Conley and I would be instant friends. Hers is an incredible,...

The Importance of Being Current

by Robin | Jan 2, 2013 | Inspiring, Memoir, Mothers and daughters, Parenting, Personal, Teens & Tweens, Uncategorized

Afew years ago I learned an invaluable parenting lesson in the most unexpected of Life Classrooms: a funeral. From the time I met her in the hospital, Teresa had always been in poor health. In the few years I knew her, she visited death’s threshhold multiple...

…hymn of grateful praise…

by Robin | Dec 2, 2012 | 31 Days in Europe, Adventures in Germany, Beauty, Europe, Faith, Inspiring

For the beauty of the earth, A beautiful remembrance for the glory of the skies, Paragliding near Erlangen, Bavaria for the love which from our birth Floral beauty in Dresden over and around us lies; A chapel in the middle of the Alps, somewhere in...