by Robin | Jan 8, 2012 | Health, Life with boys, Personal
My youngest has sworn by this cure for months, but I've been skeptical. Until tonight. I didn't just have the hiccups, I had the hiccup-burps; much more annoying and completely unladylike. So I figured I had nothing to lose and protein to gain. I've...
by Robin | Dec 30, 2011 | Advice, Exercise in Frustration, Family, Kids, Life Philosophy, Life with boys, Memoir, Mom stuff, Parenting, Teens & Tweens
I almost titled this the Taming of the Shrew…. Read on. You'll understand. * * * * * Company was coming in hours and he was giving up his room for their visit. Not because he volunteered, but because we told him so. Out of four,...
by Robin | Nov 18, 2011 | 31 Days of Parenting Teens & Tweens, Life with boys, Mom stuff, Mothers and daughters, Parenting, Teens & Tweens
Some of the best parenting advice I can offer is over 2000 years old. It's as relevant today as it was when first recorded, though it wasn't even suggested in the context of parent-child relationship ~ Keep current in your relationships; maintain a...
by Robin | Nov 13, 2011 | Life with boys, Parenting, Personal
The other week I was weighted by relatively moderate stresses– looming writing deadlines work and volunteer obligations the fear of speaking on two radio shows hosted by women I admire and not completing my 31-day Parenting series in 31 consecutive days. ...
by Robin | Oct 31, 2011 | Animals, Kids, Life with boys, Memoir, Mom stuff, Nature, Nostalgia, Personal, Teens & Tweens
"There's a snake in my boots." ~ Woody, Toy Story It didn't matter if it was 90 degrees in the shade and a thousand percent humidity, he'd paint on his Wranglers and cram his feet into miniature Tony Lama's. Cowboys don't...
by Robin | Oct 13, 2011 | 31 Days of Parenting Teens & Tweens, Life with boys, Mom stuff, Mothers and daughters, Parenting, Teens & Tweens
~ 31 Days of Parenting Teens & Tweens, Day 9 ~ In writing my 31 Days of Parenting Teens and Tweens, I've talked to other parents about what they'd advise if they were writing in my place. My sister, whose two daughters, 18 and 19, are six shades of...