Love Gifts Archives - Robin Dance

The Amazing Gift I Didn’t Know I Wanted (You’ll Want One, Too!)

by Robin | Dec 28, 2020 | Christmas, Coffee, Family, Favorite things, Love Gifts, Parenting, Personal, Uncategorized

Sometimes you receive an and you feel the need to tell the world, so… HELLO WORLD — or more specifically — HELLO EVERY COFFEE & HOT TEA DRINKER ON THE PLANET! You’re going to want to keep reading. My kids were particularly excited about my...

The Best Way to Have a Happy Birthday During Covid19

by Robin | Mar 30, 2020 | Love Gifts, Personal, Uncategorized

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength. Love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other command greater than these. Mark 12:30-31 Birthdays are normally a day for personal celebration, but this...

How You Can Make A Difference on International Women’s Day

by Robin | Mar 8, 2018 | Compassion - India, Compassion Bloggers, Compassion International, Good causes, Inspiring, Love Gifts, Personal, Uncategorized

I’m sitting at my kitchen table where the sun is piercing filthy windowpanes, a thing I notice in the morning but forget by noon’s shadow. A ladybug sits on the sill, I’m assuming dead. Our home is a death spiral for pretty bugs dressed in red with...

Honest Thoughts About #GivingTuesday

by Robin | Nov 28, 2017 | Inspiring, Life Philosophy, Love Gifts, On my soapbox, Personal

I love Holly Hunter. An Academy Award- and Emmy-winning actress, she seems to take any role and make it memorable; she dies to self while her characters come to life. I appreciate her talent, sure, but maybe tipping the scale for my fangirldom is the fact she’s...

Opportunity Costs (Let’s be someone’s answer to prayer)

by Robin | Dec 1, 2015 | Love Gifts, Uncategorized

I often find myself thinking about opportunity cost within the context of people and time and not just economics. If I do this, then I can’t do that. This and that can mean a lot of different things. If we spend the holidays with my in-laws, I miss seeing...

Around/About: The “Compassion Bloggers” Edition

by Robin | Feb 21, 2015 | Compassion International, Love Gifts, Missions, Uncategorized

Had I not had a house seriously overflowing with family last weekend, this week’s Around/About would have been shared then. The beautiful thing about the internet is you can visit blog posts, well, forever, and the words I’m about to share are relevant...