by Robin | Feb 26, 2011 | Family, Kids, Mom stuff, Personal
"It's not a contact sport" my behind. Thursday a song about unrequited love kept running through my head as I tried desperately to fly over traffic to rush my 16-year-old to the hospital after he broke his wrist in a soccer scrimmage. Funny how a...
by Robin | Jun 11, 2010 | Family, Humor, Kids, Mom stuff, Parenting, Personal, Photos, Poetry, Teens & Tweens
The Malodorous Plight of Mother and Son "The foulest stench is in the airThe funk of forty thousand years*"I hold my breath, near despairWicked boys, give way to cheers.Confined within too small a spacePutrid, vile, scent-clouds descendI cover nose,...
by Robin | Dec 5, 2009 | Uncategorized
It is a dreaded moment when my son steamrolls into my car after soccer practice because of what happens next: he takes off his cleats. The carpet of my van is a lint brush for his grass-covered socks–bad enough on its own–b u t, the noxious vapor...
by Robin | Sep 16, 2009 | Kids, Personal
It's not easy to take pictures when you're screaming at the top of your lungs…. I was so excited, I couldn't focus…my baby is to the left, the goalie is laid out with NOTHING in his hands, and the ball is...