by Robin | Sep 23, 2011 | Blog Carnivals, Family, Kids, Life with boys, Parenting, Personal, Sponsored post, Story Bleed
I'm convinced it's his Super Power…or at a minimum, an exquisite gifting. The kid knows how to play. "But wait," you protest, incredulous I'd make such a ridiculous assertion. "Don't all kids instinctively know how to...
by Robin | Aug 23, 2011 | Family, Life Philosophy, Mothers and daughters, Parenting, Personal
Nine months I get to know her before I ever see her face, that perfect round face topped in downy black with serious eyes and delicate features, and though my sister warned me it might not happen, it was love at first sight. Love before first sight. I marvel:...
by Robin | Aug 17, 2011 | Family, Favorite things, Gratitude, Kids, Mothers and daughters, Parenting, Personal, Teens & Tweens
She accomplished something I haven't seen many accomplish: She changed because she wanted to. It wasn't easy, either. You see, it's one thing to see yourself as you are, desire to change something about yourself, and then...
by Robin | Aug 11, 2011 | Family, Kids, Mom stuff, Parenting, Simple Mom
My first-born will begin her college freshman year later this month. With over 4,500 colleges and universities in our country, deciding where to attend followed a rigorous, months’ long odyssey that required investigation, perseverance, and sifting through a...
by Robin | Aug 4, 2011 | Faith, Family, Mom stuff, New York City, Parenting, Personal, Travel
I heard it before I heard it, '70s Seals & Crofts, one of my favorites of theirs. It was only when I stepped out of the shower to towel off that I heard myself humming along to the radio. Life, so they say, is but a game and we let it slip away....
by Robin | Jul 29, 2011 | Family, Family Traditions, Favorite things, Food and Drink, Personal, Southern, y'all
Blood and marriage are reason enough to gather on the hottest day of the year to celebrate family, for no other reason than that. It's the Southern Way. On a canvas of conversation broad-stroked with laughter, the fizzy flit of flies joins a threatening...