by Robin | Oct 21, 2014 | 31 Days: Hints & Tips for College Bound Students
Note: Due to technical issues I haven’t been able to access my blog for several days. My apologies for not being able to publish new content! Believe me, it’s been a vigorous exercise in frustration. Thanks for your continued interest and for sharing this...
by Robin | Sep 30, 2011 | 31 Days of Parenting Teens & Tweens, Advice, Inspiring, Kids, Parenting, Personal, Teens & Tweens
Please . And THANK YOU for visiting! For the first 3½ years of my illustrious blogging {coughcough} career, I posted daily. NaBloPoMo was nothing to me; if I remember correctly, I m i g h t have even suffered...
by Robin | Dec 20, 2010 | (in)courage, Christmas, Faith, Family, Kids, Mom stuff, Parenting
You can't fool them, you know. Two pudgy hands cup left cheek and right, turn your face to demand your eyes laser lock onto hers, and she whisper-stomps "Mama, you're not listening…!" Technically, you're right...
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 1, 2010 | Family, Memoir, Mom stuff, Parenting, Personal
Grown don’t mean nothing to a mother. A child is a child. They get bigger, older, but grown? What’s that suppose to mean? In my heart it don’t mean a thing. ~Toni Morrison, Beloved I almost missed it because I was so self-absorbed. The first...