by Robin | Jun 25, 2015 | Faith, Mom stuff, Personal, Uncategorized
I’ve often said Charleston, South Carolina is one of my favorite cities in the world, a place as colorful and complex as its history. My college roommate was born and still lives just across the Cooper River Bridge, and it was through her I first...
by Robin | Jun 21, 2015 | Aging, Faith, Family, Marriage, Memoir, Personal, Uncategorized
I don’t remember so much meeting him that first time, I remember meeting her. She was standing, arms crossed, in their garage, awaiting her oldest son’s arrival home with his new girl. I was stunned when I laid eyes on her. Their resemblance...
by Robin | Jun 11, 2015 | Faith, Family, Memoir, Personal, Uncategorized
Friends keep asking me how I’m doing. It’s an understandable question, I suppose, given this is the summer Everything Changes. And maybe I’m misreading all those furrowed brows and sympathetic nods, but I’d swear it seems like they imagine me...
by Robin | May 13, 2015 | Health, Nutrition, Personal, Uncategorized, Whole 30
Be sure !! A few weeks ago I spent a weekend with my college-age son. He had been sick for close to two weeks, unable to shake what ailed him. Strep wasn’t even the worst of it. Of course I took this rare opportunity to be his Mommy – not just his Mom...
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...
by Robin | Apr 29, 2015 | Beauty, Books, friendship, Personal
As you might recall, one of my (true) stories is included in my friend Dawn Camp’s book, The Beauty of Grace. It’s a lovely collaborate work of many talented writers, and Dawn’s beautiful photographs (and words) are sprinkled throughout. My...