by Robin | Feb 27, 2013 | Aging, Faith, Real beauty, Women
My cell phone rings, and it’s my doctor’s office, and I know this because long ago, and what now seems far away, I was smart enough to program their number so if I ever needed to call them, I’d already have it stored in contacts. Which, also means,...
by Robin | Feb 27, 2013 | Great quotes, Writing
He won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, the Nobel Prize for Literature and he authored 27 books. Even if you haven't read them, you've heard of them–Grapes of Wrath, East of Eden, Of Mice and Men, The Winter of Our Discontent. Ever the...
by Robin | Feb 25, 2013 | Blog friends, Book Review
Brilliant title & product tie-in! One of the things I like most about myself is how genuinely excited I get when a friend earns success by pursuing her passion. Rather than fall culprit to jealousy or defeat, my heart does herkies (to which...
by Robin | Feb 24, 2013 | Uncategorized
For you smarter-than-me-planner-aheaders, the perfect addition to your daughter's (or wife's or girlfriend or WHATevah) Easter Basket: a Lisa Leonard bauble. And in a stroke of perfect timing, you can get hand-stamped pieces from her store –...
by Robin | Feb 19, 2013 | (in)courage, Encouragement, Faith, Inspiring
After 25 years, he still doesn't completely understand me. It was just the two of us alone in the car that day, when I casually mentioned entering the HGTV Dream Home giveaway. "Why do you enter giveaways?" he asks, incredulous that anyone bothers...