by Robin | Dec 12, 2006 | Kids, Life with boys, Parenting, Personal, Uncategorized
Tad made a quick trip to GOD’S COUNTRY South Carolina this week, and we contemplated my tagging along. His days would be occupied with work, and I would’ve been cut loose to visit family, lunch with friends, Christmas shop, and basically be released from...
by Robin | Nov 14, 2006 | Marriage, Memoir, Personal, Uncategorized
(The dating years, 1983) …Billy Joel, ballading mid-song, was just at that line when Tad cranked up his 1986 burgandy Honda Accord. It’s at that precise moment he asked me to get something for him out of the glove compartment, I swear, almost on cue. I...
by Robin | Oct 7, 2006 | Faith, Family, Personal, Poetry
It was six men of IndostanTo learning much inclined,Who went to see the Elephant(Though all of them were blind),That each by observationMight satisfy his mind The First approached the Elephant,And happening to fallAgainst his broad and sturdy side,At once began to...
by Robin | Aug 31, 2006 | Personal, Uncategorized
If you can’t tell already, my love language is “words of encouragment”. “Sticks and stones” don’t hold a candle to what a mean-spirited, cruelly-aimed word can do to me (or aimed at one I love)(or even one I don’t love!). A...
by Robin | Aug 16, 2006 | Blog Carnivals, Personal, Uncategorized
Because I thoroughly enjoy reading her blog, I’m finally getting around to Heather’s “tag”. I was slow to respond because this one requires more than one-liners…….and since I’m slogging through a soon-to-be-published post,...
by Robin | Jun 18, 2006 | Aging, Family, Fathers and daughters, Memoir, Personal, Uncategorized
This time last year, my dad’s mental faculty was declining but he was still living a fairly “normal” life. Now 74, until the past year or so he’s been pretty active and seemed younger than his chronological age. With his dementia onset on our...