by Robin | Jan 30, 2012 | (in)courage, Advice, Great quotes, Inspiring, Life Philosophy, Personal
Inspired by the eloquent, beautiful Viola Davis, during her acceptance speech for the Screen Actor's Guild award for Female Actor in a Leading Role for her portrayal of Aibileen Clark in The Help. "The stain of racism and sexism is not just for...
by Robin | Jun 30, 2011 | Family, Friends, friendship, Funny Stuff!, Great quotes, Humor, Kids, Life Philosophy, Mom stuff, Personal, Teens & Tweens
Sometimes I do or say things my kids don't care for. Like when I tell them "Do (or don't do) ________, or I'll take a baseball bat to your knee caps." For example, "If you or any of your friends ride your RipStick down our VERY STEEP...
by Robin | May 8, 2011 | Encouragement, Family, Great quotes, Life Philosophy, Mom stuff, Mothers and daughters, Parenting
Thoughts have scattered this morning, fallen rice on marble tile. I simply can't manage to sweep all the grains into one pile. So instead of sharing my own words, I'll borrow from another and then another, words I found myself in…and maybe you...
by Robin | Dec 3, 2010 | Uncategorized
You learn a lot about people by the way they decorate their office. This week I had opportunity to learn about my daughter's youth director when I paid her an unexpected visit. Since she didn't know I was coming…and because she was playing...
by Robin | Apr 27, 2010 | Faith, Great quotes, Personal
I've been payin' attention to Francis Chan lately and he especially captured my attention when he announced his plans to leave the church he planted 16 years ago to go…elsewhere. He's not so sure of the "elsewhere" at this point, but...