by Robin | Jul 28, 2008 | Family, Kids, Parenting, Personal
Time is a fickle creature and sometimes I don’t like her one…little…bit. She toys and she taunts at her leisure and her pace is hardly fair–she creeps along at a slug’s pace when A Big Day approaches, but in the lives of my children she...
by Robin | Jul 12, 2008 | Family, Parenting, Personal
I cannot imagine the last five years of my mother’s life: while cancer ravaged her body, she endured the heart-shredding anguish of knowing she would leave behind three young children who adored her. My 33rd birthday marked the year in her life when she...
by Robin | Jun 13, 2008 | Family, Kids, Mom stuff, Parenting
She had been waiting two years, three months to eat corn on the cob. Two weeks before her braces were scheduled to be removed, she asked if she could eat on our red "Special Plate". Had she not thought of it, I would have surprised her with it at...
by Robin | May 8, 2008 | Family, Kids, Mom stuff, Parenting, Personal, Photos
My back is turned to him, but I hear his steps as he approaches. Without turning to look at him, he says, "Mom, can you tie this?". I’m in the middle of a cleaning frenzy–company’s coming tomorrow, friends we haven’t seen in years,...
by Robin | Apr 3, 2008 | Funny Stuff!, Mom stuff, On my soapbox, Parenting, Personal
Thanks to Min & Jenny from Good Mom / Bad Mom for totally validating what I speak here is pure, unadulterated, nonverifiable TRUTH! If you’re visiting from their blog, thanks and lemme know you dropped by! (But what I REALLY want the title to be...
by Robin | Mar 23, 2008 | Mom stuff, Mothers and daughters, Parenting
Since parenting isn’t for cowards, I thought it’d be fun to see if I could come up with 26 snippets of advice for new and not-so-new parents. While this list is hardly conclusive, I know you have sage wisdom to add–be sure to chime in in comments!...