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Conflict in the waiting

by Robin | Mar 18, 2011 | Family, Health, Kids, Mom stuff, Personal, Teens & Tweens

Our appointment is at 1:45, perfect timing to complete the oldest one's post-surgery follow-up visit, stop for a snack afterwards, then drop him off before picking up the youngest for his tennis match. The waiting room is large and full. There are...

When days are numbered…

by Robin | Mar 17, 2011 | Family, Kids, Mom stuff, Mothers and daughters, Parenting, Personal, Teens & Tweens

The moon is halfway through the sky and I am alone when they bring her to me and I'm glad. She is joy bundled in flannely white with end stripes in pink and blue. I smile to think she looks like an ice cream cone–swaddled tightly with the...

Scars and redemption

by Robin | Mar 14, 2011 | Breast Cancer, Cancer is NOT okay!, Inspiring, Memoir, Mom stuff, Mothers and daughters, Personal

I remember seeing her scars one time. Only once. A body disfigured by diseased malevolence, a thief whose plunder demanded dignity and femininity and time…and eventually hope and life. It's a scant memory, a fleeting, vapored ghost, which I...

Legacy and love letters

by Robin | Mar 12, 2011 | (in)courage, Faith, Family, Family Traditions, Personal

It’s not like I was snooping, it was hardly hidden from sight. Still… I felt like I had barged into a secret diary, leafing through pages never intended for my eyes. The words were to his Father… from his Father… and yet also for his sons and...

“She (doesn’t) like me, she REALLY (doesn’t) like me!”

by Robin | Mar 9, 2011 | Advice, Encouragement, Friends, friendship, Life Philosophy, Personal

Have you ever struggled with a relationship you wanted to pursue that met with resistance or indifference–or worse–from the object of your friendly affection? Perhaps professional or conceivably personal, a pursuit that leaves you scratching your head over...

All we’re missin’ is a cape and a tiara…

by Robin | Mar 7, 2011 | friendship, I *Heart* Faces, Personal, Photos, Valentine Tea, Valentine's Day

"I'm fairly certain that given a cape and a nice tiara, I we could save the world."~ Leigh Standley, creative mastermind behind Curly Girl Designs Submitted to I Heart Faces weekly photo challenge, this week asked for "Best Faces in February."...