by Robin | Mar 8, 2010 | (in)courage, Family, Mom stuff
A box of Crayolas, colored pencils and a stack of coloring books…a little girl's whimsy, right? Well, sort of… In response to March's Creative Challenge at (in)courage, my daughter and I sat across from one...
by Robin | Feb 9, 2010 | (in)courage, Encouragement, Faith, Family, Personal
When the two of you became one, and his people became your people, how’d that work out for ya? Does your relationship with your in-laws fall into the “for better” or “for worse” category? If it falls into the former and your relationship rains roses and...
by Robin | Jan 16, 2010 | (in)courage, Pensieve's Poetic License, Photos, Plants & flowers, Poetry
Frozen fairy dustMagic sprinkled from HeavenSin cleansed white as snow. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ A long time ago in a far away land, I hosted a . I loved encouraging others to write poetry, something I discovered for...
by Robin | Jan 16, 2010 | (in)courage, Personal, Poetry
I want to push you, swiftly and hard. Not in the way that bruises knees and pride but in the way a mama bird nudges her lovies out of the nest. She knows they're capable of doing so much more, that they only need a little encouragement. Mama knows...
by Robin | Dec 11, 2009 | (in)courage, Personal
One of my favorite gifts ever received was a box of Kleenex. It was winter and I had a cold, in college and broke, and while the dorm bathroom toilet paper might have been two-ply, to my red and raw nose it more closely resembled sandpaper than pillowy...
by Robin | Nov 11, 2009 | (in)courage, Thanksgiving
Have you ever thought about how much more time is spent preparing a Thanksgiving spread and cleaning up afterward, than sitting at the table and eating it? What if I offered you a remedy of amazing proportion to hold your family and friends around the table just a...