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Fathers and daughters

by Robin | Jun 21, 2009 | Encouragement, Family, Fathers and daughters, Parenting, Personal, Photos

{Originally published as a three-part series in September 2007, this is one of those posts that “someone” needs to read; I just wish I knew who…. If you’ve struggled with the relationship you share with your father (or mother), it could be...

Saturday Shorts & Shout Outs

by Robin | Jun 20, 2009 | Blogging, Conferences, Personal, Type-A Mom Conference

Because I'm one of Paula Deen's BFFs, she "offered" me use of her Tybee Island beach retreat. In fact, she trusts me enough that she allowed me to pass along her rental information to my awesome readers (and in case you suspect, this is NOT a...

The Southern Way

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...

Time, irrelevant

by Robin | Jun 13, 2009 | Beach, Family, Favorite things, Friends, friendship, God's Country, Life Philosophy, Personal, Photos

Does anybody really know what time it is?Does anybody really care?Harbour Town Marina at Hilton Head Island, June 2009.Taken with my webcam from the roof of The Yacht Club,overlooking the famed Harbour Town Lighthouse. For more years than I can recall,...

Watermelon, strawberries, cherries & skulduggery???

by Robin | Jun 9, 2009 | Food and Drink, Friends, Personal, Photos, Wordless Wednesday

June, 2009, my back patio. Fresh fruit, the perfect taste of summer. It was almost too pretty to eat…a l m o s t ;).Oh, and why the heck would I add the word "skulduggery" to this post title? Because my friend who brought us the fruit...

Conscientious compassion is a beautiful thing…

by Robin | Jun 8, 2009 | Compassion International, Faith, Good causes, On my soapbox, Personal, Photos

You don't go to Calcutta, India without experiencing a lifetime of stories. The people I met, even those I merely passed on the street, have burrowed deeply into my heart and settled quietly in my mind and I don't know quite what to do with them. ...