by Robin | Oct 18, 2015 | Giveaways, Uncategorized
As a writer for incourage and an affiliate for DaySpring, I sometimes learn about new product lines before they arrive online or in stores. I even got to join a team a while back for a few days of brainstorming to ideate new items for the Friendship on Purpose...
by Robin | Oct 17, 2015 | Family, Inspiring, Life Philosophy, Missions, Mothers and daughters, Personal, Uncategorized
Motherhood is a gradual series of Letting Go. Some days it’s harder than others. Today is one of the hard days. My daughter is in her second month of a two-year fellowship with CrossPurpose, a training program “designed to bring together highly motivated...
by Robin | Oct 16, 2015 | Empty Nest, Encouragement, Life Philosophy, Memoir, Personal, Uncategorized
Rarely has there been a year when our family has celebrated so many milestones and major events– Our oldest (and only daughter) graduating from college and accepting an incredible two-year fellows position 1,500 miles from home. Our youngest graduating from high...
by Robin | Sep 2, 2015 | Uncategorized
J’adore this map of state-by-state slang on slate.com. I would strongly beg to differ on the words chosen for Georgia (dingnation?) and Tennessee (whirlygust??) having lived in each state for more than a decade, but South Carolina, home to my...
by Robin | Sep 1, 2015 | Empty Nest, Family, Favorite things, Memoir, Mom stuff, Mothers and daughters, Parenting, Personal, Uncategorized
It was likely birthed as a gentle correction to my inconsiderate transgression: I had dared to turn down the corner of a page in one of her books. For one so young, she took good care of her special possessions, and there were no greater treasures than her books....