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Race for the Cure

by Robin | Sep 30, 2007 | Personal

So we won’t be running in the 5K, but we’ll be walking in the 1-Mile Fun Run Walk with a few thousand others for a good cause…a VERY good cause. Since breast cancer took my mother and grandmother, and my sister is an 8-year survivor (is that...

These won’t make sense to everybody, but…

by Robin | Sep 29, 2007 | Faith, Funny Stuff!, Ouch!, Personal

…oh, my, I love ’em both, but for two VERY DIFFERENT reasons…(and for the record, they’ve both generated considerable conversation and controversy. Me? I’m keeping it light. I understand the deeper implications,...

Living Years, continued

by Robin | Sep 28, 2007 | Family, Fathers and daughters, Personal

Living Years, part one Living Years, part three So we open up a quarrel Between the present and the past We only sacrifice the future It’s the bitterness that lasts** The role I assumed in my family was one of peace keeper. We weren’t a particularly...

Living Years

by Robin | Sep 26, 2007 | Family, Fathers and daughters, Personal

Every generation Blames the one before And all of their frustrations Come beating on your door** Fathers and daughters. It is through a father’s eyes a young girl first believes she is a princess, she is beautiful, and she is capable of anything her unbound mind...

Fun Monday – Put Your Best Foot Forward

by Robin | Sep 25, 2007 | Blogging, Fun Mondays, Personal, Photos

Thanks to all of you who voted today! It was neck and neck all day long, and at 8:00 p.m. EST when I checked the poll (pretty much on the dot)……IT WAS TIED! Which is pretty doggone funny, because it still leaves me with a CHOICE and isn’t...

Best Squash Casserole Recipe in the World

by Robin | Sep 24, 2007 | Food and Drink, Fun Mondays, Personal, Recipes

The first time I met the Super Woman who would eventually become my mother-in-law, she included this dish with Sunday lunch. Oh!My!Word!–although I spooned just a smidgen on my plate to be polite and suck up to my boyfriend’s mother (up until...