by Robin | Oct 15, 2011 | 31 Days of Parenting Teens & Tweens, Kids, Mom stuff, Parenting, Teens & Tweens
~ 31 Days of Parenting Teens & Tweens, Day 10 ~ In a country where the divorce rate hovers around 50%, it's hard for me–a recovering people pleaser–to say what I'm about to say. I realize potentially I could offend or hurt every...
by Robin | Oct 15, 2011 | Beauty, Celebrations, Favorite things, Inspiring, Mothers and daughters
"Wanna see something that will make you cry?" she asks, my first-born and only daughter, home from college for the first time since she left two months ago. I think Why does she wanna rip my heart out just minutes after walking through the door? although I...
by Robin | Oct 13, 2011 | 31 Days of Parenting Teens & Tweens, Life with boys, Mom stuff, Mothers and daughters, Parenting, Teens & Tweens
~ 31 Days of Parenting Teens & Tweens, Day 9 ~ In writing my 31 Days of Parenting Teens and Tweens, I've talked to other parents about what they'd advise if they were writing in my place. My sister, whose two daughters, 18 and 19, are six shades of...
by Robin | Oct 12, 2011 | 31 Days of Parenting Teens & Tweens, Kids, Life with boys, Mom stuff, Mothers and daughters, Parenting, Teens & Tweens
By the time your children hit double digits, they're on their way to becoming who it is they'll become. Some studies suggest their personality is set by first grade. By the time kids hit middle school, pubescent-related, seemingly bi-polar mood...
by Robin | Oct 12, 2011 | Wordless Wednesday, Wow!
or Now, THESE are false eyelashes! or Latisse gone wild… Eyelash eXXXtensions… or I don't know HOW else to title this! If ever there were a case for Wordless Wednesday, this is it– The one and only Martha Stewart, like you've never...