by Robin | Feb 8, 2008 | Celebrations, Family, Family Traditions, Favorite things, Great ideas!, Holidays, Kids, Mom stuff, Party, Personal, Photos, Surcies, Sursees, Cercies, TREATS!, Valentine Tea, Valentine's Day
Thirteen years ago, my mother-in-law timidly asked me if I’d be interested in hosting a mother-daughter Valentine tea party for my then three-year-old daughter, her first grandchild. After giving birth to four sons, she was delighted, finally, to have a little...
by Robin | Feb 5, 2008 | Faith, Family, Personal
{Continued from this post} Her remark was not mean-spirited, it was no verbal attack. Understanding those things didn’t lessen the sting of its truth. We’ve given our children the latitude to say anything to us as long as they do so...
by Robin | Jan 31, 2008 | Faith, Family, Kids, Mom stuff, Personal
There’s a song on Casting Crown’s current CD, "The Alter and the Door", that haunts me. "Slow Fade". In a nutshell, "Slow Fade" is about compromise and consequence. Considering the repercussions to my own...
by Robin | Jan 23, 2008 | Family, Kids, Mom stuff, Personal
Here for WW? Please scroll down 🙂 Poll most any parent, and I think you’d hear similar conclusion: being a mother or father is the hardest job they’ve ever attempted. It’s not really a "job", though, is it? It’s a...
by Robin | Jan 22, 2008 | Family, Kids, Mom stuff, Personal, Smiles
The middle child, said with all the drama he typically musters when he has "something" to say: "M o o o m,T H AAA NNN K YOU for buying two-ply toilet paper!" Me, amused, intrigued, that 1) the kid knows there’s a difference, 2) knows...
by Robin | Jan 17, 2008 | Family, Favorite things, Home, Personal, Photos, SNOW
When you live in the Southeast, to hear even a mention of "snow" leaves you a) giddy and eager and instantly childlike or b) rolling your eyes with disbelief, contempt and indifference. I fall into the first category. I W.A.N.T. it to snow worse than my...