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Your Best Friend When Applying to College

by Robin | Oct 30, 2014 | 31 Days: Hints & Tips for College Bound Students, Parenting, Teens & Tweens, Uncategorized

I was surprised to learn something I hadn’t realized with our first two children, and now that I’ve heard it once, I’ve heard it multiple times. And if we didn’t know this when we went through the college search with our oldest two,...

What to Expect When You’re a Parent of a Senior

by Robin | Oct 10, 2014 | 31 Days: Hints & Tips for College Bound Students, Mom stuff, Parenting, Uncategorized

As I mentioned at the beginning, my October series will alternate posts for the senior in high school who’s in the throes of the college application process AND for the younger students who have a year – or five – before they have to start thinking...

Telling stories

by Robin | Nov 12, 2011 | 31 Days of Parenting Teens & Tweens, Family, Mom stuff, Parenting, Teens & Tweens

No matter what you do in your life, what you create, what career you have, whether you have a family or kids, or make a lot of money… your greatest creation is always going to be your life’s story. Because it’s like this container that holds all of those other things....