by Robin | Jul 25, 2009 | Family, Favorite things, Kids, Mom stuff, Parenting, Personal, Photos
As a mom to a 16 year old daughter, and 15 and 12 year old sons, life is fast and furious because they have things to do. A lot of them. Because it's summer, I was under some kind of misguided notion life would flow at a simpler, calmer pace, and we'd...
by Robin | Jun 24, 2009 | Advice, Kids, Mom stuff, On my soapbox, Parenting, Personal
"If you can't say anything nice,don't say anything at all!"~ Every mother on the planetRare have I written anything offensive and I hope never divisive, but sometimes I feel like I've failed in blogging because I've never received a negative...
by Robin | Jun 23, 2009 | Family, Kids, Life Philosophy, Marriage, Mom stuff, Parenting, Personal, Photos
Interminable quiet bears witness to my house's 327-pound weight loss this week: my children are scattered like birds leaving the nest.Like the paradox of deafening silence, their absence is more conspicuous than their presence. Almost.It's a...
by Robin | Jun 15, 2009 | Family, Favorite things, Food and Drink, Kids, Life Philosophy, Mom stuff, Nostalgia, Parenting, Personal, Southern, y'all
Blood and marriage are reason enough to gather on the hottest day of the year to celebrate family, for no other reason than that. It's the Southern Way. On a canvas of conversation broad-stroked with laughter, the fizzy flit of flies joins a threatening...
by Robin | May 27, 2009 | Advice, Mom stuff, Personal
As a {ahem} 40-something mom of three, I loathe the 5th season of the year: Bathing Suit. In case you weren't aware, it falls smack dab between Spring and Summer and is often overlooked as an official season simply because women over the age of 30...
by Robin | May 25, 2009 | Food and Drink, Mom stuff, Nostalgia, Parenting, Personal
1) If I could make the canyon leap from coffee with cream and sugar to unadulterated black, I think I could drink it with dessert (or donuts or anything sweet). Now it's so sugared and creamed it IS dessert. a) ...