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Six Important Reasons Traditions Matter

by Robin | Feb 25, 2009 | Advice, Family, Family Traditions, Favorite things, Great ideas!, Parenting, Personal, Valentine Tea, Valentine's Day

As a young mom juggling two babies during the “Cheerios and Crafts” phase of motherhood, I had no idea the long-range impact of a “yes” answer to a question posed by my mother-in-law 14 years ago: she simply wanted to know if I’d be...

I couldn’t make this up if I tried…!

by Robin | Jan 29, 2009 | Kids, Parenting, Personal

So I'm sitting in my Bible study last night, listening intently to the discussion about Paul putting a smack down on the Galatians (and being on my best behavior because my friend Julie and I had eaten Zalads at Zaxby's and walked in a wee bit late and...

Garage talk

by Robin | Jan 11, 2009 | Advice, Family, Kids, Mom stuff, Parenting, Personal

The memory is chiseled in my mind as in stone. It was during the season I learned to enjoy my own company, a life-lesson years in the making. Sitting on a park bench sipping a Chick-Fil-A lemonade and reading To Kill a Mockingbird for the fourth time, a cozy blanket...

The secret drawer

by Robin | Jan 4, 2009 | Family, Fathers and daughters, Parenting, Personal

How could I forget the treasures tucked away in the Secret Drawer of my antique chest? Every time I command the drawer to open, I’m greeted with delight and surprise and remembrance. Today my father spoke to me from beyond the grave. The chest is closer to its...

Smaller than a bag of sugar, a thousand times sweeter

by Robin | Oct 25, 2008 | Family, Favorite things, Kids, Parenting, Personal, Photos

A not-so-funny thing happened while my husband and I were at his business conference in Atlanta this week: we got a call that his youngest brother’s wife, pregnant with their first baby, was going to have an emergency C-section seven weeks before her due...

What happens when you “assume”…

by Robin | Oct 21, 2008 | Blissdom, Family, Kids, Mom stuff, Oops!, Parenting, Personal

On occasion I photograph happenings at my children’s school, and while I’m good at taking the pictures, I’m not so great at passing them along. The memory card in my camera has photos dating from Labor Day; some, I’ve previously uploaded...