by Robin | Mar 2, 2011 | Advice, Kids, Mom stuff, Parenting, Teens & Tweens
My husband (who's celebrating his birthday today!!) is an excellent financial manager. This has proven important in our marriage since I’m partial to words, not math or anything remotely associated with budgets–he’s much better at crunching numbers...
by Robin | Feb 26, 2011 | Family, Kids, Mom stuff, Personal
"It's not a contact sport" my behind. Thursday a song about unrequited love kept running through my head as I tried desperately to fly over traffic to rush my 16-year-old to the hospital after he broke his wrist in a soccer scrimmage. Funny how a...
by Robin | Feb 22, 2011 | Camp Days, Favorite things, Kids, Mom stuff, Nostalgia, Personal
Sometimes I miss, even long for, the naïveté of youth. Then is the time for free and innocent expression… before you realize sometimes words have dual meaning. For me, summers at the all-girls Jennie Arnold Edwards Y Camp in the 70s...
by Robin | Feb 8, 2011 | Family, Kids, Mom stuff, Parenting, Personal
"I just wanna tiss, it, kay?" It was her standard line to get away with murder of the four-year-old variety. Earnest eyes, furrowed brow and nodding head, practiced assurances she'd deliver on that promise. Saucer-sized baby blues have...
by Robin | Jan 25, 2011 | Family, Family Traditions, Kids, Mom stuff, On my soapbox, Product Review
I love receiving Christmas cards. The ones that include a letter detailing The Wonderful Lives of the senders? Well, if I'm honest, those are the ones I used to mock but now look most forward to. Having moved away from our hometown seven years ago...
by Robin | Jan 23, 2011 | Faith, Family, Kids, Mom stuff, Music, Parenting, youtube ROCKS!
By Mercy Me, this song has a powerful message I wish every tween and teenage girl could hear. But mostly believe. The lyrics bear repeating– Days will come when you don't have the strengthAnd all you hear is you're not worth...