by Robin | Aug 23, 2011 | Family, Life Philosophy, Mothers and daughters, Parenting, Personal
Nine months I get to know her before I ever see her face, that perfect round face topped in downy black with serious eyes and delicate features, and though my sister warned me it might not happen, it was love at first sight. Love before first sight. I marvel:...
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...
by Robin | Aug 4, 2011 | Faith, Family, Mom stuff, New York City, Parenting, Personal, Travel
I heard it before I heard it, '70s Seals & Crofts, one of my favorites of theirs. It was only when I stepped out of the shower to towel off that I heard myself humming along to the radio. Life, so they say, is but a game and we let it slip away....
by Robin | Jul 22, 2011 | Faith, Family, Kids, Life Philosophy, Mom stuff, Mothers and daughters, Parenting
I will love the light for it shows me the way. Yet I will endure the darkness for it shows me the stars. Og Mandino It is sometimes in dark places I learn to become a mother. The lessons come quiet, and it is in the doing I...
by Robin | Jul 14, 2011 | Kids, Life with boys, Mom stuff, Mothers and daughters, Parenting, Teens & Tweens
They're carelessly scattered in obscure places, "crumbs" my children rudely leave behind. I frown and think mean thoughts whenever I find them. When they were toddlers, it was a trail of Cheerios or Gold Fish. And juice box straw...