by Robin | Jul 6, 2015 | Encouragement, Faith, Inspiring, Life Philosophy, Personal, Uncategorized
Mind and memory are such a tricky thing, aren’t they? We don’t always have the luxury of controlling what we’d like to remember – or forget. Some memories are as slick as a greased watermelon, big and colorful but impossible to hold for very...
by Robin | Jul 4, 2015 | Aging, Family, Home, Memoir, Personal, Uncategorized
In the distance I hear a rooster. He’s persistent, this one, afraid we didn’t hear him the first time. He repeats his song–a cockle, an alarm, a lament. It’s midday and he’s waking no one. The air conditioner just cut on. I’m...
by Robin | Jun 25, 2015 | Faith, Mom stuff, Personal, Uncategorized
I’ve often said Charleston, South Carolina is one of my favorite cities in the world, a place as colorful and complex as its history. My college roommate was born and still lives just across the Cooper River Bridge, and it was through her I first...
by Robin | Jun 21, 2015 | Aging, Faith, Family, Marriage, Memoir, Personal, Uncategorized
I don’t remember so much meeting him that first time, I remember meeting her. She was standing, arms crossed, in their garage, awaiting her oldest son’s arrival home with his new girl. I was stunned when I laid eyes on her. Their resemblance...
by Robin | Jun 18, 2015 | Uncategorized
I am not a tidy Christian. My faith is battered and bruised, tried and tested…a totter of belief dogged by doubt. There have been seasons I’ve flirted with walking away from it all – as if I could – thinking it a better way to raise my babies...
by Robin | Jun 12, 2015 | Uncategorized
Sometimes, in a burst of inspiration, you come up with an idea that’s too wonderful to keep to yourself. For almost a year, I’ve been saving something special for (in)courage: a beautiful way to encourage your children or friends who are working for a summer...