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Great Deals & Savings on Rarely Discounted Favorites During Amazon Prime Days (Not Only on Amazon)

by Robin | Jul 11, 2025 | Uncategorized

One of the wonderful added benefits during Amazon’s Prime Days is everyone wants to capitalize on the increased traffic from buyers. Prime Days are summer’s answer to fall’s Black Friday, and many sites that rarely offer discounts, do so for the few...

How the Hard Seasons in Life Are Making You Better

by Robin | Jul 10, 2025 | Uncategorized

When five besties are coordinating busy schedules, finding a date everyone can get together is tricky. But friendship is always worth the effort, and we were downright giddy to be celebrating not one but two of our group members’ birthdays. No one even cared that our...

If at First You Don’t Succeed, When Should You Try, Try Again?

by Robin | Apr 14, 2024 | #OYTO, (in)courage, Aging, Life Philosophy, On my soapbox, Personal, Uncategorized, Women

Maybe the fourth time would be a charm. I sure hoped so. Even though I was determined, I wasn’t sure I could take another disappointment. Was this the God-given “desire of my heart” spoken of in Psalm 37, or simply me pursuing something I wanted in my own...

Holy Saturday, 22,281 Days Old, and the Oldest Psalm

by Robin | Mar 30, 2024 | Uncategorized

In the Christian tradition, today is Holy Saturday, the observance that ends the Lenten season, the day between Good Friday and Easter Sunday, the day between Jesus’s crucifixion and resurrection. It is also my birthday and I am 22,281 days old. When I...

Why I Like Having a Word of the Year (Do You Have One for 2024?)

by Robin | Jan 14, 2024 | #OYTO, (in)courage, Uncategorized

Do you shudder and cringe at the thought of New Year’s resolutions or do you love making a list every year? Do you feel like a failure if you don’t keep them perfectly, or are you defeated before you even start? I hope not. Doing a little bit of something...