by Robin | Sep 1, 2012 | (in)courage, Memoir, Mom stuff, Parenting, Personal
I don't see it coming when it happens– Time plays tricks on me. The catalyst? My children, a l w a y s m y b a b i e s. In front of Herrenchiemsee, King Ludwig II's New Palace, on Lake Chiemsee in Southern Bavaria,...
by Robin | Aug 13, 2012 | Family, Kids, Life with boys, Memoir, Mom stuff, Parenting
“What it's like to be a parent: It's one of the hardest things you'll ever do but in exchange it teaches you the meaning of unconditional love.” ~ Nicholas Sparks, The Wedding My all-time favorite picture of Thomas, back in the olden days of...
by Robin | Jun 25, 2012 | Family, Memoir, Mom stuff, Parenting
It is my Achilles' heel, the surest path to splinter my heart into shatters and chards. They are the surest path. My children. I don't think they know it, but even if they do, it will be impossible for them to understand for years. How...
by Robin | Jun 11, 2012 | Parenting, Teens & Tweens
"…I look back on the way I was then, a young, stupid kid who committed that terrible crime. I want to talk to him. Try and talk some sense into him…."~ Red, to the Parole Board, Shawshank Redemption If you're a parent, even if...
by Robin | May 1, 2012 | Family, Kids, Life with boys, Mom stuff, Parenting, Personal, Teens & Tweens
I missed his birthday. I didn't forget it, that would be ridiculous…impossible. But with an ocean dividing us and 5,000 miles in between, I wasn't there for a sweet indulgence, his TWO favorite desserts for breakfast; neither of them a birthday...
by Robin | Apr 25, 2012 | Advice, Kids, Mom stuff, Mothers and daughters, Parenting, Simple Mom, Teens & Tweens
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. ~ Unattributed Chinese proverb As is often the case, one of the best things a parent can give their teenager is hardly a thing at all: it's room. Room… to make...