by Robin | Sep 14, 2013 | Do Something!, Love Gifts
There is no greater use of words than to speak on behalf of those who have no voice. While I’ve failed to practice this to the degree I believe it in recent years, I’m convinced that any persuasion or influence I have is at its best when serving...
by Robin | Sep 12, 2013 | Memoir, Personal
If you haven’t yet, please read Part One and Part Two. Don’t miss another thing! Subscribe by email (please and thank you!). iii. I arrived in Chattanooga with my arms open wide. Eager for adventure. Expectant. It’s an odd thing how the Lord works in...
by Robin | Sep 10, 2013 | Encouragement, Faith, Family, Friends, friendship, Memoir, Mom stuff, Personal
{Continued from Part One ~ subsequent chapters will only make sense if you as a whole – Consider an email subscription?} ii. It was May 2003, not yet summer but the perfect weather for a cook-out. We had planted but now it was time to uproot. We had built and...
by Robin | Sep 9, 2013 | Encouragement, Faith, Family, Inspiring, Kids, Memoir, Mom stuff, Nostalgia, Personal
She addressed me by my favorite name behind Mom and Aunt, the one that gives shape to identity– “Mama D, why do you talk to us?” I cocked my head to the side not sure what she was really asking, like maybe I was saying too much or dragging her...
by Robin | Sep 8, 2013 | Uncategorized
I couldn't believe my eyes…did not believe my eyes. How could it possibly be her? I hadn't seen her in over 20 years, and yet… Materializing right before my eyes was the lady I had just been talking about less than 24 hours earlier. I still...