Memoir Archives - Page 18 of 18

Super-power wishes and little boy kisses

by Robin | May 29, 2008 | Family, Kids, Memoir, Mom stuff, Personal

Sometimes–but only sometimes–I wish I could freeze time. Mostly those super-power wishes come when my babies are crossing a threshhold–first smiles and first steps, learning to read and learning to write, beginning pre-school or elementary or middle...

“I want you just the way you are…”

by Robin | Nov 14, 2006 | Marriage, Memoir, Personal, Uncategorized

(The dating years, 1983) …Billy Joel, ballading mid-song, was just at that line when Tad cranked up his 1986 burgandy Honda Accord. It’s at that precise moment he asked me to get something for him out of the glove compartment, I swear, almost on cue. I...

A Different Kind of Father’s Day

by Robin | Jun 18, 2006 | Aging, Family, Fathers and daughters, Memoir, Personal, Uncategorized

This time last year, my dad’s mental faculty was declining but he was still living a fairly “normal” life. Now 74, until the past year or so he’s been pretty active and seemed younger than his chronological age. With his dementia onset on our...