by Robin | May 5, 2009 | Compassion - India, Compassion International, Photos, Wordless Wednesday
Kolkata, India, April 2009. She's not learning karate for kicks; she's learning it to defend herself. On first glance in the last picture, it looks like she's wearing a ring; it's actually a glowing ember. Compassion...
by Robin | May 1, 2009 | Compassion - India, Compassion International, Faith, Personal, Photos, Raves & Rants
I'm standing in the shower while a perpetual army of water soldiers fights off the day's sweat and filth and emotion when I notice the shelf in front of me. I mentally tick off seven miniature bottles whose purpose is to clean, condition, soften and...
by Robin | Apr 29, 2009 | Compassion - India, Compassion International, Photos
Seeing my life flash before my eyes has become routine in Calcutta; after a 90-minute, harrowing, honk-accompanied bus-transferring-to-rickshaw ride, we reached our rural destination, one of Compassion International's Child Survival Programs. Because...
by Robin | Apr 28, 2009 | Compassion - India, Compassion International, Photos
A smile is the universal welcome.~Max Eastman The shortest distance between two peopleis a smile. If you smile at someone, they might smile back. Smiling is my favorite exercise. People seldom notice old clothes if you wear a big smile. ~Lee Mildon...
by Robin | Apr 17, 2009 | Family, Favorite things, Food and Drink, Kids, Life Philosophy, Mom stuff, Nostalgia, Personal, Photos
Through a kaleidoscopic lens of time past, I can see their aura of expectancy and certainty: they had big dreams, those two, and they were going to strike gold on the corner of Milledge and Woodlawn. Reason never wins an argument with...
by Robin | Apr 11, 2009 | Blissdom, Music, Photos
{Scroll down for giveaway details.}To balance the sea of estrogen that flooded The Hotel Preston in February, a few guys braved the waters of Blissdom '09. There was John Andrews (@katadhin on Twitter), Walmart's Emerging Media Strategist. ...