by Robin | Jan 5, 2012 | (in)courage, Adventures in Germany, BIG Announcements, Faith, Family, Marriage, Personal
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~ Helen Keller She’s looking me dead in the eyes when she speaks, a gaze so deeply penetrating its intensity makes me want to look away…but I can’t. “God is getting ready to do a work in you not possible when you’re living...
by Robin | Dec 21, 2011 | Beauty, Christmas, Family, Marriage, Mom stuff, Mothers and daughters, Personal
It was a Christmas gift to my husband the first year we were married, discovered under a pile of marked down sweaters at the Pawleys Island Men's Shop, circa 1987. I thought it was a wonderful gift. I knew he needed a larger size, but I liked it so much I...
by Robin | Jun 16, 2011 | Family, Favorite things, Inspiring, Marriage, Personal, Photos
Once upon a time there was a girl and a boy. His face is all boy when he looks at her–twinkling eyes that belie his age and lips that curl in mischievous affection. It doesn't matter whether anyone else is in the room; he's laser-focused on his...
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 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 12, 2010 | Marriage, Personal
Our closet is the modest walk-in variety, small by middle-America standards but obscene if I compare it beyond our back yard. I prefer not thinking about either. I'm hanging a pair of jeans when I feel his presence before I hear him. It's...