by Robin | Jan 6, 2013 | Uncategorized
Fight. Dream. Hope. Love. After seeing Hollywood's newest adaptation of Les Misérables and reading more about Victor Hugo's magnificent work, I'm afraid I'm going to have to fall into 1500 pages of 19th century France....
by Robin | Jan 5, 2013 | Poetry
In case you didn’t know, today is National Whipped Cream Day. Apparently there’s some controversy behind this most auspicious of occasions, but far be it for me to withhold celebration from one of my favorite things on the planet. Held annually on Reddi...
by Robin | Jan 4, 2013 | Blogging, Do Something!, Personal
i. It was the intensity of his gaze that held me captive, anchored to whatever it was he wanted to say. Leaning forward, hands twined around his mug, he wrestled for words that wouldn't make him sound threatening or crazy. "I had a dream about...
by Robin | Jan 2, 2013 | Inspiring, Memoir, Mothers and daughters, Parenting, Personal, Teens & Tweens, Uncategorized
Afew years ago I learned an invaluable parenting lesson in the most unexpected of Life Classrooms: a funeral. From the time I met her in the hospital, Teresa had always been in poor health. In the few years I knew her, she visited death’s threshhold multiple...
by Robin | Jan 1, 2013 | Memoir, Personal
i. The last time this happened, I was a college freshman having the time of my life; so many years ago I'm not going to tell you how many, because even I am having a hard time believing the distance between then and now. ii. Born and raised in Athens,...