by Robin | Apr 15, 2011 | Family, Kids, Mom stuff, Mothers and daughters, Personal, Teens & Tweens, Writing
How can the ordinary be nothing short of miraculous? Before first breath she was wholly dependent on me. Every beat of my heart thundered in her ears, the white noise of mother comfort. My body was her protector, her strength, her incubator…her...
by Robin | Apr 5, 2011 | Faith, Family, Kids, Mom stuff, Parenting, Personal, Photos
His bones were broken… And though it could’ve been much worse, he had surgery… …felt lousy for a little while, and will have to sit out most of the soccer season. When it happened and he was hurting bad, I was hurting bad. And...
by Robin | Mar 31, 2011 | Personal
Because I know what it took for her to make it…. …this is the most beautiful birthday cake in the world. So what if I might be lookin' through mom-colored glasses? ** Pretty-please-with-buttercream-icing-all-over make a small gift to make my Birthday...
by Robin | Mar 28, 2011 | Personal
It's patellar reflex, impossible for me to resist–I have to say "God bless you" when somebody sneezes. And so it went the morning I met the crazy lady at Panera. It wasn't that I was asking God to bless the crazy...
by Robin | Mar 24, 2011 | Family, Funny Stuff!, Humor, Kids, Life with boys, Mom stuff, Parenting, Personal, Teens & Tweens
He's amused, this boy-man of mine, perhaps more with himself than me; he knows . He likes this power, the ingenuity to hold me hostage, to keep me waiting and wondering, the ability to make me laugh. It is his super power and he brandishes it at will...
by Robin | Mar 19, 2011 | Beach, Family Traditions, Favorite things, Friends, friendship, Personal, Travel
Thirteen is their lucky number. For 13 years the guy in the blue and the guy in the black have been roughing it on an annual golf outting, traipsing up and down a trail pioneered by some joker named Robert Trent Jones; the other two characters have tagged along most...