by Robin | Dec 6, 2010 | (in)courage, Compassion Bloggers, Friends, friendship
I have returned from the top of a mountain. Over the weekend I traveled 2 1/2 hours to Birmingham for two family reunions where no one shares my blood but 13,800 share my soul. We feasted and feasted but mostly we feasted. Miracles happened. Five us were crammed in...
by Robin | Sep 23, 2010 | (in)courage, Beach, Blogging, friendship, Personal, Travel
All {in} the family, All {in} the family, I love this picture: (l-r, Annie, Holley, me & Jessica) Maybe we're all smiles because we're barefoot and relaxed, but mostly it captures a moment in time when our smiles could only...
by Robin | Sep 4, 2010 | (in)courage, Faith, Personal
This is the month I was sure my (in)courage bosses would fire me. Not only was I late with completion of my post, it might well be the longest post of the site's year-old history. I'm not proud of that distinction.It wasn't that I had nothing...
by Robin | Feb 27, 2010 | Book Review, Books, Friends, Personal, Writing
"Who keeps company with wolves will learn how to howl."~ Spanish proverb I don't know why it j.u.s.t. occurred to me, but my friends write books…a lot of them. <– purposefully ambiguous as to whether or not I mean "friends" or...
by Robin | Aug 10, 2009 | (in)courage, Cancer is NOT okay!, Encouragement, Faith, Family, Memoir, Mothers and daughters, Personal
"I wanted you to see what real courage is….It's when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do."~ Atticus Finch, in Harper Lee's, "To Kill a...