Celebrations Archives

Oh, lovely day

by Robin | Feb 15, 2018 | Art, Celebrations, Faith, Family, Family Traditions, Inspiring, Life Philosophy, Memoir, Mothers and daughters, Personal, Valentine Tea, Valentine's Day

i. Today is Valentine’s Day, one of my favorite days of the year, one of the happiest reasons to celebrate life: it’s all about love. I am wearing hot pink shoes now, but I think I’ll be changing into the ones dipped in glitter, gold and a...

A “These-Are-A-Few-of-My-Favorite-Things” $150 Giveaway!

by Robin | Mar 30, 2015 | Celebrations, Giveaways

I think one reason we’re more quick to offer help as opposed to ask for help is because it really is more fun to give than to receive. So in celebration of my birthday today, I asked DaySpring if they’d let me give away some of my favorite things from...

25 Years and Fanciful London Doors

by Robin | Nov 17, 2012 | 31 Days in Europe, Adventures in Germany, Beauty, Celebrations, Europe, Favorite things, Harry Potter, Marriage, Personal, Photos, Travel

Based on how old I feel, to be celebrating my 25th wedding anniversary I must've gotten married when I was 13. In fact, if it wasn't the case the year following my silver anniversary I'll be celebrating my golden birthiversary, I'd swear it. In...

A modern-day fairytale: My Sister, Katie Couric and the Traveling Red Dress

by Robin | Jul 30, 2012 | Adventures in Germany, Beauty, BIG Announcements, Blog friends, Blogging, Celebrations, Europe, Favorite things, Memoir, Personal, Photos, Traveling Red Dress

________________________________________________________________ I'm cracking up after she commanded me to "Wink!" Now those pictures are FUNNY because, news to me, I look like a circus freak when I wink… My sister took a thousand...

The stinkingest, darlingest thing I’ve ever seen

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...

Tragedy and triumph, the beauty of this day

by Robin | Apr 24, 2011 | Celebrations, Faith

Unimaginable brutality, what man can do to man. I can barely think of the brutal torture Jesus endured–the humiliation, degradation, beating, and those nails…. All, said, to pale in comparison to his anguish from bearing the weight of...