by Robin | May 20, 2011 | Blogging, Favorite things, Food and Drink, Funny Stuff!, Humor, Personal
When Harry Met Sally is one of my favorite movies of all time. Between her 80s hair, my beloved Bermudas and knee socks, and her incessant need to reconstruct EVERY MENU SHE’S EVER READ, I could BE Sally. Everyone remembers the “Diner scene.” Hands...
by Robin | May 17, 2011 | Favorite things, Personal
This, t h i s is why I love Dancing With the Stars– …rising above adversity …elegance, grace, intrigue…and a shimmer of sensuality …devotion and a commitment to excellence. Last night's Argentine Tango by Hines Ward and Kym Johnson is...
by Robin | May 13, 2011 | Kids, Mom stuff, Mothers and daughters, Parenting, Personal
Today is Friday the 13th and though I'm not the superstitious type, this day is weighty and significant and I find myself holding my breath. It is the eve of my first born's high school graduation. Tomorrow will mark the closing of one door and the...
by Robin | May 6, 2011 | Advice, Personal, Writing
Words – so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them. ~ Nathaniel Hawthorne It was the first honors class I took in...
by Robin | May 4, 2011 | Family, Favorite things, Kids, Mom stuff, Mothers and daughters, Nostalgia, Ouch!, Parenting, Personal
"Shit." In four letters I was outed at our playgroup, betrayed by Goldilocks: I was a terrible mother. Not quite five years old she obviously had learned it "somewhere." Everyone knew somewhere was probably home, and because I spent...
by Robin | Apr 29, 2011 | Personal
{Written in response to The Gypsy Mama's Five-minute Friday writing prompt. This week's theme is "If I knew I could I would…"} If I could I would… Sponsor a child in Compassion International's Leadership Development Program....