Memoir Archives - Page 15 of 18

The conviction of a mother

by Robin | Mar 19, 2012 | Memoir, Mom stuff, Nostalgia, Personal

It occurred to me while I was in the shower. ten thousand tears splattered glass bleeding tributaries invisible walls cry out desperate to be heard a crimson tee shirt hangs over the side of the tub, and through glass illusion i hear the song. * * ...

An Austrian wander…

by Robin | Mar 4, 2012 | Adventures in Germany, Memoir, Personal, Travel

I’m in Austria. I’m in Austria drinking a Franziskaner Weissbier and people-watching on the deck of an Apres-Ski. Vanilla-iced mountains and mounds are dazzling fortress, shielding me from the real world; my real world, anyway. I’m writing a...

Three marks and three misses

by Robin | Mar 1, 2012 | Adventures in Germany, Family, Kids, Memoir, Mom stuff, Parenting, Personal, Teens & Tweens, Travel

It's her beauty mark. Just to the right of the center of her nose and an inch below viridian pool. She chooses the color of her eyes (just one of her super powers), flashing from smokey steel to azure dagger to silent sea. They dance...

fraidy cat

by Robin | Feb 21, 2012 | Adventures in Germany, Faith, Memoir, Personal

Every time I walk out of my front door alone, I am afraid. It's not that I fear for my safety, nothing like that. Leaving my little apartment, the one place I know in a foreign country, means journeying among the unknown. It's uncomfortable. It's...

Waiting, attitude adjustment and The Lion King

by Robin | Jan 27, 2012 | Life Philosophy, Memoir, Mom stuff, Personal

These days are finding me running from one thing to the next. I've come to rely on The Never-ending To-Do list, mainly because e.v.e.r.y.thing I can think of TO do must go on the list lest I forget; bathing and breathing included. Most important...

What you do 12 days before you move to Germany…

by Robin | Jan 19, 2012 | Adventures in Germany, Faith, Family, Marriage, Memoir, Personal, Travel

Tick tick tick… Can you hear it? Because I do, and it's loud and relentless…. Time. Ticking. Away. My life as I know it will monumentally change 12 days from now and I am feeling its enormity. After 19 years in the paper industry, my...