by Robin | Jun 26, 2014 | Advice, Affiliate links used, Encouragement, Family, Favorite things, friendship, Great quotes, Love Gifts, Memoir, Personal, Real beauty, The Wonder of a Woman, Uncategorized, Women
My sister gave me a gift last week and it made me so happy I screamed. Literally. We were alone in my house sitting on my youngest son’s bed, for a reason I can’t recall now. She handed me a package neatly ribboned and wrapped in the brown paper sack from...
by Robin | Feb 6, 2014 | Compassion International, Love Gifts
It’s always, always, a surprise when someone I know tells me they read my blog. It’s one thing for our lives to have crossed in the virtual world first, and wholly another for us to know each other in the space where I can shake your hand or hug you neck,...
by Robin | Jan 23, 2014 | Compassion International, Do Something!, Encouragement, Faith, Love Gifts, Uncategorized
I’ve been thinking about those giant crosses in Chattanooga off I-75, how they provoke response on either ends of the spectrum. And, earnestly, I’ve been trying to consider the other side, the point of view different from my own… but the closest I...
by Robin | Dec 12, 2013 | Christmas, Faith, Love Gifts
Shop Amazon – Give the Gift of Amazon Prime Thank you for shopping Amazon through my affiliate link year-round! Last week I did something I never thought I’d do. In some ways, I even felt bad for the people whose lot it befell every Christmas season: I...
by Robin | Dec 11, 2013 | Love Gifts
One of my greatest life highlights – and most-treasured among many wonderful blogging opportunities the past eight years – was my blogger trip with Compassion International to Calcutta, India. Prior to that trip, the people of India were barely on my...
by Robin | Dec 10, 2013 | Christmas, Faith, Love Gifts
Asked in church Sunday – not judge-y at all, and almost said in passing to make a different point – but which has had me thinking ever since. My answer, no my response to my answer, is a game changer. An important distinction was suggested when I shared...