by Robin | Jan 2, 2013 | Inspiring, Memoir, Mothers and daughters, Parenting, Personal, Teens & Tweens, Uncategorized
Afew years ago I learned an invaluable parenting lesson in the most unexpected of Life Classrooms: a funeral. From the time I met her in the hospital, Teresa had always been in poor health. In the few years I knew her, she visited death’s threshhold multiple...
by Robin | Oct 8, 2012 | Advice, Parenting, Personal, Teens & Tweens
Years ago in a friend’s living room during a Beth Moore Bible Study (the big hair years), a woman informed me I was going straight to Hell and taking my daughter with me. I had just admitted I was taking my third grade daughter to see Harry Potter and the...
by Robin | Jun 11, 2012 | Parenting, Teens & Tweens
"…I look back on the way I was then, a young, stupid kid who committed that terrible crime. I want to talk to him. Try and talk some sense into him…."~ Red, to the Parole Board, Shawshank Redemption If you're a parent, even if...
by Robin | May 1, 2012 | Family, Kids, Life with boys, Mom stuff, Parenting, Personal, Teens & Tweens
I missed his birthday. I didn't forget it, that would be ridiculous…impossible. But with an ocean dividing us and 5,000 miles in between, I wasn't there for a sweet indulgence, his TWO favorite desserts for breakfast; neither of them a birthday...
by Robin | Apr 25, 2012 | Advice, Kids, Mom stuff, Mothers and daughters, Parenting, Simple Mom, Teens & Tweens
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. ~ Unattributed Chinese proverb As is often the case, one of the best things a parent can give their teenager is hardly a thing at all: it's room. Room… to make...
by Robin | Apr 18, 2012 | Parenting, Personal, Social media, Teens & Tweens
{Shared with me by my daughter, published with permission from her kindred.} * * * * * * RE: If I had a blog, I would post this…. The man behind me in line at Starbucks just bought my drink.After telling the barista to put my drink on his card, he...