by Robin | Jun 5, 2011 | Cancer is NOT okay!, Chattanooga, Chick-fil-A, Friends, friendship, Inspiring, Kids
He says he's just an ordinary sixth grader but the evidence is stacked against him: After reading Drums, Girls, And Dangerous Pie ("a story about a middle school boy whose younger brother is diagnosed with leukemia. The boy ends up...
by Robin | Apr 15, 2011 | Friends, friendship, Poetry
she is my friend who hears my unspoken words as loudly as those drawled, celebrates dreams as though they are real, pursues me as if i am worthy, challenges me with ancient words, opens her veins and splashes blood mixed with tears, vaults my secrets behind keyless...
by Robin | Mar 19, 2011 | Beach, Family Traditions, Favorite things, Friends, friendship, Personal, Travel
Thirteen is their lucky number. For 13 years the guy in the blue and the guy in the black have been roughing it on an annual golf outting, traipsing up and down a trail pioneered by some joker named Robert Trent Jones; the other two characters have tagged along most...
by Robin | Mar 9, 2011 | Advice, Encouragement, Friends, friendship, Life Philosophy, Personal
Have you ever struggled with a relationship you wanted to pursue that met with resistance or indifference–or worse–from the object of your friendly affection? Perhaps professional or conceivably personal, a pursuit that leaves you scratching your head over...
by Robin | Feb 21, 2011 | Friends, I *Heart* Faces, Photos
Do you see what I see? A friend's eye view!! Submitted to I Heart Faces' weekly photo challenge after much deliberation… 🙂
by Robin | Jan 19, 2011 | (in)courage, Advice, Books, Celebrations, Faith, Favorite things, Friends
Sometimes guilt by association is a good thing. If you're looking for great reads to add to your 2011 Book Lists, consider these works by (in)courage writers who also happen to be friends. Encouraging words, inspiring words, affecting words....