by Robin | Sep 10, 2013 | Encouragement, Faith, Family, Friends, friendship, Memoir, Mom stuff, Personal
{Continued from Part One ~ subsequent chapters will only make sense if you as a whole – Consider an email subscription?} ii. It was May 2003, not yet summer but the perfect weather for a cook-out. We had planted but now it was time to uproot. We had built and...
by Robin | Sep 9, 2013 | Encouragement, Faith, Family, Inspiring, Kids, Memoir, Mom stuff, Nostalgia, Personal
She addressed me by my favorite name behind Mom and Aunt, the one that gives shape to identity– “Mama D, why do you talk to us?” I cocked my head to the side not sure what she was really asking, like maybe I was saying too much or dragging her...
by Robin | Aug 6, 2013 | 31 Days of Parenting Teens & Tweens, Family, Marriage, Parenting, Teens & Tweens
You should not…cannot…m u s t not think porn doesn't affect you or your family. If you think your husband wouldn't look at porn under the "right" circumstances, you're deluding yourself. If you think your children aren't...
by Robin | May 10, 2013 | Family, Mom stuff, Parenting, Personal, Simple Mom, Teens & Tweens
I was a bystander this time, an observer, learning a lesson again I am so quick to forget: Words are powerful and persuasive and have the capacity to change lives. I know this, I even live it, but watching and witnessing a relative stranger speak wisdom into my teen...
by Robin | May 3, 2013 | Family, Memoir, Mom stuff, Parenting
"Want me to play for you?" I've watched this one grow from boy to man, a day's change imperceptable, but the years impossible to miss. His brown eyes dance and his smile curls with ease and I'm never quite sure when he's sneaking...
by Robin | Apr 19, 2013 | Do Something!, Family, Inspiring
I couldn't believe my ears. "Would you write a post to promote our Garden Celebration?" It's the first time anyone in my family asked me to write about something so it must be pretty important. I've often contended there is no...