by Robin | Dec 19, 2010 | Connect ~ Community by Therapon, Family, Mom stuff, Personal, Real beauty
One of the most beautiful lessons on real beauty came to me as a child. Sealed in the story of a child’s stuffed animal, the lesson has clung to me ever since like velveteen on rabbit… * * * * * For a cozy post on the real-ist beauty of them all, please...
by Robin | Dec 9, 2010 | Family, Kids, Mom stuff, Parenting, Personal, Teens & Tweens
Young boys should never be sent to bed… they always wake up a day older. J.M. Barrie in Finding Neverland With fairy steps I stealth into his room and slip under layers of covers to envelop his body. We're spoons. He's a...
by Robin | Nov 26, 2010 | Family Traditions, Favorite things, Food and Drink, Mom stuff, Music, Personal, Photos, Thanksgiving
A lyrical, post-Thanksgiving tribute to the Best Apple Pie in the World. {Sung to the tune of "Oh where, oh where has my little dog gone?"} Oh where, oh where has my apple pie gone? Oh where, oh where can it be? With its perfect pie crust, And Rome...
by Robin | Nov 8, 2010 | Family, Kids, Life Philosophy, Mom stuff, Parenting, Personal
Leaves fall like rain and my lips draw a crescent moon's curl to think on this, a first grader's question: "Is Fall called Fall because that's when leaves fall?" I think it's a good question because...
by Robin | Nov 1, 2010 | Family, Memoir, Mom stuff, Parenting, Personal
Grown don’t mean nothing to a mother. A child is a child. They get bigger, older, but grown? What’s that suppose to mean? In my heart it don’t mean a thing. ~Toni Morrison, Beloved I almost missed it because I was so self-absorbed. The first...
by Robin | Oct 15, 2010 | Advice, Encouragement, Family, Mom stuff, Parenting, Personal, Teens & Tweens
I haven't been this excited–and honored–to guest post elsewhere since I moonlighted at 5 Minutes for Mom and Rocks in My Dryer during my Compassion International trip to Calcutta– A few weeks ago, my friend Tsh aka (in)courage sista aka SimpleMom...