by Robin | Jul 30, 2012 | Adventures in Germany, Beauty, BIG Announcements, Blog friends, Blogging, Celebrations, Europe, Favorite things, Memoir, Personal, Photos, Traveling Red Dress
________________________________________________________________ I'm cracking up after she commanded me to "Wink!" Now those pictures are FUNNY because, news to me, I look like a circus freak when I wink… My sister took a thousand...
by Robin | Jun 25, 2012 | Family, Memoir, Mom stuff, Parenting
It is my Achilles' heel, the surest path to splinter my heart into shatters and chards. They are the surest path. My children. I don't think they know it, but even if they do, it will be impossible for them to understand for years. How...
by Robin | May 16, 2012 | (in)courage, Faith, Favorite things, Memoir, Nostalgia
Have you given much thought to the strength of sense-memory? How a particular smell can immediately bring to mind people, places or events in your life? Though I demanded very little in the planning of my wedding, I just had to have gardenias in my bridal...
by Robin | May 9, 2012 | Adventures in Germany, Funny Stuff!, Memoir, Personal, Travel
Salzburg is famous for a lot of reasons ~ birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart where The Sound of Music was filmed beautiful baroque architecture with some of the most famous churches in the world it sits at the northern boundary of the Alps and borders the Salzach...
by Robin | Apr 11, 2012 | Kids, Life with boys, Memoir, Mom stuff, Mothers and daughters, Parenting, Personal, Teens & Tweens
I am convinced when a woman gives birth, t h a t which she conceived in her womb and bled from her body remains ever connected by imperceptible thread. Her heartbeat echos in the steps of each child, her soul gently stirred by the hope in their dreams....
by Robin | Mar 30, 2012 | Adventures in Germany, Europe, Family, Favorite things, Memoir, Personal, Photos, Travel
From the beginning, I considered the opportunity to live abroad for a short while a God-gift… …life circumstance preceding my husband's job offer only underscored that truth. The delights and challenges about which I speculated have all come to...