by Robin | Oct 2, 2011 | 31 Days of Parenting Teens & Tweens, Kids, Mom stuff, Parenting
I remember it like it was yesterday, having dinner with strangers at a wedding reception. I don't think I was yet married, and I don't even recall whose wedding it was. What I do recall is the couple to my right and the way they spoke about their...
by Robin | Sep 30, 2011 | 31 Days of Parenting Teens & Tweens, Advice, Inspiring, Kids, Parenting, Personal, Teens & Tweens
Please . And THANK YOU for visiting! For the first 3½ years of my illustrious blogging {coughcough} career, I posted daily. NaBloPoMo was nothing to me; if I remember correctly, I m i g h t have even suffered...
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 | Sep 1, 2011 | Cancer is NOT okay!, Chattanooga, Encouragement, Faith, Gratitude, Great quotes, Kids, Mom stuff, Parenting, Personal, Teens & Tweens
It is raining. There has never been a dryer month in Chattanooga than August 2011, and yet it pours. Growl and hiss, snarl and bite, it’s raining cats and dogs, the dangerous kind. Black lips curl over porcelain daggers, ready to sink in to flesh, to spill...
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...