thankful Archives - Robin Dance

One Thousand Gifts, “Truly scrumptious” edition

by Robin | Jun 20, 2011 | Favorite things, Food and Drink, Gratitude, Health, Inspiring, Nutrition, One Thousand Gifts, Personal

It's an achievable thing for my Bucket List–cultivating my own vegetable garden; but my cowboy father-on-law insists it will cost me exponentially more to grow my own. That, and a 90% shaded yard, are healthy deterrents. So until something...

One Thousand Gifts, a beginning

by Robin | Mar 21, 2011 | (in)courage, Book Review, Books, Family, Life with boys, Mothers and daughters, One Thousand Gifts

I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder. ~ G.K. Chesterton I continue to savor Ann Voskamp's One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are; it won't be...

These are the good old days

by Robin | Nov 8, 2010 | Family, Kids, Life Philosophy, Mom stuff, Parenting, Personal

Leaves fall like rain and my lips draw a crescent moon's curl to think on this, a first grader's question: "Is Fall called Fall because that's when leaves fall?" I think it's a good question because...