by Robin | Jun 5, 2014 | Memoir, Mom stuff, Mothers and daughters, Parenting, Personal, Uncategorized
Twenty-one years ago I was walking in the days of great expectation. My first was to be born at the end of a long, hot summer, smack dab in the middle of one of only three months I had told God I did not want to have a baby. He grinned and said, “August...
by Robin | May 30, 2014 | Marriage, Memoir, Nostalgia, Personal
Ours wasn’t a fairytale romance. It was the kind of courtship that lasted years, where the heart is batted and bruised, where we both made damn sure the other was The One. Oh, sweet youth…where one dares to presume to k n o w such things! There were...
by Robin | Mar 14, 2013 | Faith, Family, Marriage, Memoir, Personal, Uncategorized
He looks at her with hungry eyes, indifferent to the ears that might hear that don’t belong to her. When he finally speaks, his voice is satin, silken and soft, honey’s sweet drizzle. He purrs. “You look luscious….” Their eyes are...
by Robin | Dec 9, 2010 | Family, Kids, Mom stuff, Parenting, Personal, Teens & Tweens
Young boys should never be sent to bed… they always wake up a day older. J.M. Barrie in Finding Neverland With fairy steps I stealth into his room and slip under layers of covers to envelop his body. We're spoons. He's a...
by Robin | Nov 21, 2010 | Faith, Family, Marriage, Music, Videos, youtube ROCKS!
You know how you can hear a song without really listening to it? And then when you do listen, you realize how potent it is? Such was the case for me with Santus Real's "Lead Me." If you're familiar with this song (or click through to...