by Robin | Sep 19, 2014 | Advice, Do Something!, Hospitality, Memoir, Personal, Uncategorized
What have you stuffed away in your closet or attic or drawers waiting for the perfect time to use it? What special thing of yours has been packed away, boxed up and long left forgotten? The earrings that once belonged to your grandmother, that bring her to life...
by Robin | Sep 14, 2014 | Around/About {weekly link-love}, Uncategorized
A collection of links I love, sites I like, things to do and interesting reads. Wonder & Company – Merchants of Adventure & Whimsy. One of the first blogs I ever read and loved was Velveteen Mind by Megan Jordan. Megan is smart and patient, and to...
by Robin | Sep 12, 2014 | Faith, Inspiring
My husband was tethered to our car by the gas pump when I noticed a strange man walking toward us. I was glad chrome and glass distanced us but I felt for my husband, a polite hostage to an uninvited sales pitch. I watched while they talked. The man looked to be...
by Robin | Sep 6, 2014 | (in)courage, Faith, Family
It was just the two of us, alone in our house. My daughter had been digging out everything she’d need for her off-campus apartment, the things she had packed away in drawers and boxes and her closet just three months earlier… The paradox of just yesterday...
by Robin | Sep 4, 2014 | (in)courage, Faith, Family, Memoir, Mom stuff
Over five years ago, together with Holley Gerth and Annie Downs, I had the privilege of posting on the day {in}courage was born. Yesterday, {in}courage officially commemorated our 5th anniversary with a stroll down memory lane, a free e-book and a big ol’...