by Robin | Jan 8, 2013 | Memoir, Personal
I wasn't thinking about it when I woke up this morning. In fact, I'm not even sure I've committed this date to memory. Is it because I'd rather forget very sad things? I have this old perpetual calendar, gifted to me by a friend maybe 15 years...
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...
by Robin | Jan 1, 2013 | Memoir, Personal
i. The last time this happened, I was a college freshman having the time of my life; so many years ago I'm not going to tell you how many, because even I am having a hard time believing the distance between then and now. ii. Born and raised in Athens,...
by Robin | Dec 10, 2012 | Deeper Family @ Deeper Story, Family, Memoir, Personal
When I was a little girl, I didn't know any better; I asked her if her blood was brown. Looking back, it wasn't a fair question – my blood wasn't white for heaven's sakes. It wasn't that I judged her skin color,...
by Robin | Dec 4, 2012 | 31 Days in Europe, Adventures in Germany, Memoir, Personal
I remember our first night in Germany. I can still smell the cold. Taste the new. Feel equal measure of exhiliaration and intimidation. Hear the wonder. See adventure 'round every bend. That first sleep was met after eyes had been wide and ravenous for near 40...
by Robin | Nov 27, 2012 | Faith, Family, Inspiring, Memoir, Mom stuff, Parenting, Personal
A very long time ago, and yet just a blink of the eye, I was the Model Christian Mother. A poster child, if you will, for what you’re supposed to look like if you’re doing all the “right” things as a Christian mom. My car’s radio was tuned only to...