by Robin | Jan 19, 2012 | Adventures in Germany, Faith, Family, Marriage, Memoir, Personal, Travel
Tick tick tick… Can you hear it? Because I do, and it's loud and relentless…. Time. Ticking. Away. My life as I know it will monumentally change 12 days from now and I am feeling its enormity. After 19 years in the paper industry, my...
by Robin | Jan 5, 2012 | (in)courage, Adventures in Germany, BIG Announcements, Faith, Family, Marriage, Personal
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~ Helen Keller She’s looking me dead in the eyes when she speaks, a gaze so deeply penetrating its intensity makes me want to look away…but I can’t. “God is getting ready to do a work in you not possible when you’re living...
by Robin | Dec 30, 2011 | Advice, Exercise in Frustration, Family, Kids, Life Philosophy, Life with boys, Memoir, Mom stuff, Parenting, Teens & Tweens
I almost titled this the Taming of the Shrew…. Read on. You'll understand. * * * * * Company was coming in hours and he was giving up his room for their visit. Not because he volunteered, but because we told him so. Out of four,...
by Robin | Dec 26, 2011 | Family, Film, Movie reviews
Alone on Christmas day this year, our family decided to catch an afternoon movie; I might've been the only one moved to tears 5 times don't judge me but everyone walked away praising this movie that exceeded already-high expectation. Here's why:...
by Robin | Dec 24, 2011 | Christmas, Faith, Family, Uncategorized
He slipped in sideways between the closing elevator doors, as if he were late to a meeting; he pressed the “5” without looking. Instead of suit and tie, though, baggy pants and faded navy hung on his tall, slim frame. His stealth entry stiffened the...
by Robin | Dec 21, 2011 | Beauty, Christmas, Family, Marriage, Mom stuff, Mothers and daughters, Personal
It was a Christmas gift to my husband the first year we were married, discovered under a pile of marked down sweaters at the Pawleys Island Men's Shop, circa 1987. I thought it was a wonderful gift. I knew he needed a larger size, but I liked it so much I...