by Robin | Aug 6, 2015 | Memoir, Nostalgia, Parenting, Personal, Uncategorized
? (Thank you!) I’m not a cry-er. I chalk it up to using a lot of my Lifetime Tear Quota when my mom died the spring of ’72 and my beloved grandmother the summer after. Nothing hurts more than losing the ones you love most. Scraping my little...
by Robin | Apr 8, 2013 | Faith, Family, Life Philosophy, Memoir, Mom stuff, Parenting, Personal, Uncategorized
My roots burrow deep into rusty Georgia clay. Daddy might’ve been born tasting a silver spoon but Mama worked, and worked hard, for everything she had. I remember a literal pot to pee in when we visited Papa, her father; but when I think on that a...
by Robin | Aug 3, 2010 | Family, Mom stuff, Nostalgia, Personal, Photos, Southern, y'all, Travel, When art imitates life
I love my hometown; though it was never as small, it’s Mayberry to me. A few weeks ago I went back to celebrate my niece’s first birthday. Since my parents aren’t living, it’s not a trip I make often enough. Walking though Five Points, I...
by Robin | Oct 24, 2009 | Uncategorized
When I was little and got sick, no matter what the doctor prescribed, it was my mother's antidote that made me feel better: a Pepsi with crushed ice. When I was sooo sick I couldn't do anything but lie on our sofa and watch TV, I listened while Mama...
by Robin | Oct 13, 2009 | Breast Cancer, Cancer is NOT okay!, Do Something!, Health, Mom stuff, Parenting, Personal
Breast cancer doesn't just plunder body, it is a thief of memories. I have good reason to hate it, too: The memory album of my mother is too small. Blank pages are haunted with wonderings of "what might have been, if only." If...