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Mama’s Way (15 Things To Teach Your Children)

by Robin | May 5, 2015 | Life Philosophy, Memoir, Mom stuff, Mothers and daughters, Parenting, Personal, Uncategorized

To say this is a big month for me is to call Everest a molehill. My first born will graduate college and my last born will bid adieu to high school. I’m fine, really…. Introspective. Contemplative. Prayer-filled. But good. This season has me...

The Fantastical Birthday Miracle

by Robin | Mar 30, 2015 | Europe, Favorite things, friendship, Memoir, Personal, Uncategorized

Last year for my birthday I got a miracle. No exaggeration, textbook definition…I know miracles when I see miracles. It wasn’t that I had the good fortune of celebrating in Vienna, Austria (traveling with my husband on a business trip) or that I got...

A friend in need, in deed, indeed

by Robin | Feb 19, 2015 | Friends, friendship, Memoir, Personal, Uncategorized

I was seven months pregnant with my third baby in four years and my sciatic nerve wasn’t happy about it. Juggling a part-time job, caring for two toddlers, and all the other demands of life siphoned every ounce of energy I could manufacture. With no family in...

50 Shades of Play

by Robin | Feb 16, 2015 | Marriage, Memoir, Personal, Uncategorized

Haven’t subscribed yet? Please do! And thank you for sharing this post on your social networks! On Friday when I was in the shower I was thinking about all the things I had planned for Valentine’s weekend instead of going to see 50 Shades of Grey. One...

Heart-shaped :: A Valentine’s Day Feature at {in}courage

by Robin | Feb 14, 2015 | (in)courage, Faith, Family, Family Traditions, Memoir, Mom stuff, Mothers and daughters, Personal, Valentine Tea, Valentine's Day

Valentine’s Day isn’t about romance or passion to me. Instead, it’s a blur of fizzy affections tethered first to grade school then later to a woman of valor. I grew up in a Mayberry-esque town before the internet or big box craft stores were born....

Stammtisch, Stomp Tish and a Little Gastfreundschaft

by Robin | Feb 10, 2015 | Adventures in Germany, friendship, Hospitality, Inspiring, Kitchen, Life Philosophy, Memoir, Personal, Uncategorized

Here from incourage’s Friendship on Purpose series? Won’t you please take a moment to subscribe by email or in a reader? Thank you! “One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” ~ Henry Valentine Miller To say living in...