by Robin | Apr 8, 2013 | Faith, Family, Life Philosophy, Memoir, Mom stuff, Parenting, Personal, Uncategorized
My roots burrow deep into rusty Georgia clay. Daddy might’ve been born tasting a silver spoon but Mama worked, and worked hard, for everything she had. I remember a literal pot to pee in when we visited Papa, her father; but when I think on that a...
by Robin | Mar 13, 2013 | Kids, Mom stuff, Nutrition, Parenting, Reviews, Sponsored post
Before I even gave birth, I knew I wanted to be That Mom. Well, not so much That Mom as to have That Home. The home were friends of my own children felt more than just welcome, but wanted…loved. I imagine it’s some Divine Mathmatical...
by Robin | Jan 2, 2013 | Inspiring, Memoir, Mothers and daughters, Parenting, Personal, Teens & Tweens, Uncategorized
Afew years ago I learned an invaluable parenting lesson in the most unexpected of Life Classrooms: a funeral. From the time I met her in the hospital, Teresa had always been in poor health. In the few years I knew her, she visited death’s threshhold multiple...
by Robin | Nov 27, 2012 | Faith, Family, Inspiring, Memoir, Mom stuff, Parenting, Personal
A very long time ago, and yet just a blink of the eye, I was the Model Christian Mother. A poster child, if you will, for what you’re supposed to look like if you’re doing all the “right” things as a Christian mom. My car’s radio was tuned only to...
by Robin | Oct 28, 2012 | Adventures in Germany, Favorite things, Home, Kids, Life with boys, Memoir, Mom stuff, Parenting, Personal
snow fall and tear drop No matter the number of children you deliver, how can it be that each is your favorite, for reasons as many and varied as the things that shade their differences? Intense and deep affection, seemingly dulled by the dailiness of living, is...
by Robin | Oct 8, 2012 | Advice, Parenting, Personal, Teens & Tweens
Years ago in a friend’s living room during a Beth Moore Bible Study (the big hair years), a woman informed me I was going straight to Hell and taking my daughter with me. I had just admitted I was taking my third grade daughter to see Harry Potter and the...