by Robin | Jun 25, 2018 | Memoir, Mom stuff, Parenting, Personal, Uncategorized
I couldn’t take my eyes off of him. His skin was the color of summer and youth, beautiful and smooth and the stuff of a 1970-something Coppertone ad, minus a black Boykin Spaniel. This wasn’t his first day at the pool. He couldn’t have been...
by Robin | Jun 20, 2010 | Faith, Family, Personal, Poetry
Chronicled fours years ago as my siblings and I watched my father's slow-motion, heart-breaking end-of-life, this poem stands as one of the most important pieces I've ever penned. As my heart bleeds words in witness of painful circumstance, I never let...
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...
by Robin | Jun 19, 2009 | Uncategorized
Shriveled in his chair like a grape destined for mediocre wine, he looked at his wrist for the 12th time; three minutes later than last time. The watch, a Timex, was a Father’s Day gift purchased with love and pride and six month’s of baby-sitting...
by Robin | Oct 5, 2007 | Family, Fathers and daughters, Personal
(If you have time, this will probably make more sense if you read it in the order it was written. Part One, Part Two) I wasn’t there that morning When my Father passed away I didn’t get to tell him All the things I had to say Looking back, my...