by Robin | Aug 17, 2015 | Aging, Empty Nest, Family, Health, Inspiring, Life Philosophy, Memoir, Mom stuff, Parenting, Personal
i. I’ve been pulling this Band-aid off for so long, I’ve become accustomed to the sting. It still hurts but the pain is a dull one just below the surface. Until it isn’t. But then once it’s off, that means the healing has taken place and the...
by Robin | Aug 6, 2015 | Memoir, Nostalgia, Parenting, Personal, Uncategorized
? (Thank you!) I’m not a cry-er. I chalk it up to using a lot of my Lifetime Tear Quota when my mom died the spring of ’72 and my beloved grandmother the summer after. Nothing hurts more than losing the ones you love most. Scraping my little...
by Robin | May 5, 2015 | Life Philosophy, Memoir, Mom stuff, Mothers and daughters, Parenting, Personal, Uncategorized
To say this is a big month for me is to call Everest a molehill. My first born will graduate college and my last born will bid adieu to high school. I’m fine, really…. Introspective. Contemplative. Prayer-filled. But good. This season has me...
by Robin | Jan 30, 2015 | Family, Kids, Memoir, Mom stuff, Parenting, Personal, Uncategorized
When things go according to the way they should, your children will leave you. It’s a sobering thought if you’re lightyears away from that day, but time can be a jerk, stretching days impossibly long but shriveling years tiny, so when the time comes you...
by Robin | Oct 30, 2014 | 31 Days: Hints & Tips for College Bound Students, Parenting, Teens & Tweens, Uncategorized
I was surprised to learn something I hadn’t realized with our first two children, and now that I’ve heard it once, I’ve heard it multiple times. And if we didn’t know this when we went through the college search with our oldest two,...
by Robin | Oct 13, 2014 | 31 Days: Hints & Tips for College Bound Students, Kids, Parenting, Teens & Tweens
With 2,870 four-year colleges in the US and an additional 1, 700+ two-year institutions, is there such thing as the “best” college for a student? When you’re in the throes of making a decision, it sure feels that way. Choosing well is important...