Robin Dance

Summer/Leave

by Robin | Jun 22, 2011 | Inspiring, Kids, Mothers and daughters, Nature, Personal

“What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like.” Saint Augustine It is preparation for...

Circa 2006: Bonhoeffer, community, and did I REALLY write this?

by Robin | Jun 21, 2011 | Blogging, Inspiring, Personal

“The person who loves their dream of community will destroy community (even if their intentions are ever so earnest), but the person who loves those around them will create community.” ~ Bonhoeffer When community becomes agendized, even if a noble one, EVEN if a...

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...

And you thought golf was humorless or boring…??!!

by Robin | Jun 18, 2011 | Faith, Family, Humor, Parenting, Videos, youtube ROCKS!

Farmer-meets-Deliverance, Pimp-meets-Steven-Tyler, Bodysuit-meets-Wrong and Pretty-Boy-Meets-Pleather–this ain't your daddy's PGA ~ aka Ben Crane** (bodysuit), Bubba Watson (farmer?), Rickie Fowler (Bieber wannabe), & Hunter Mahan (Lord help him!),...

The circle of (sleep deprived) life

by Robin | Jun 17, 2011 | Family, friendship, Kids, Parenting, Personal, Teens & Tweens

There's a season of life where sleep is impossible. It's the Season of Teenagers. Last night while my oldest was away at her college's pre-orientation, my two boys, 14 & close-enough-to-17-for-it-to-count, had friends over. When I went to bed,...