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...
by Robin | Jan 28, 2018 | (in)courage, Faith, Uncategorized
Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable— if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. Philippians 4:8 NIV As We Think, So We Do For...
by Robin | Jan 15, 2018 | Faith, Inspiring
Click here to read MLK’s . Powerful and jarring.
by Robin | Jan 10, 2018 | Faith, Grace Table, Hospitality, Humor, Uncategorized
It occurred to me recently how there’s value in our mess-ups: they’ll often sear memory, and in the best of times they can point us to something magnificent. Mess-ups…mistakes are hard to forget. The more public, the more memorable. On...
by Robin | Dec 29, 2017 | (in)courage, Beauty, Faith, Inspiring
I want to push you, gently but sure. Not in the way that bruises knees and pride but in the way a mama bird nudges her lovies out of the nest. She knows they’re capable of doing so much more, that they only need a little encouragement. Mama knows they’ll soon...
by Robin | Nov 30, 2017 | (in)courage, Faith, Personal
He has made everything beautiful in its time. Ecclesiastes 3:11 I remember it like it was yesterday, when a new-to-me speaker posed a question that burrowed under my skin like a chigger in the heat of summer — “Are you the kind of person who walks into a...