by Robin | May 6, 2015 | Uncategorized
One of my all-time favorite quotes is by Yeats: There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven’t yet met. It makes me think the world is a lovelier place simply because people are waiting to be known and understood. On the best of occasions, something...
by Robin | May 5, 2015 | Life Philosophy, Memoir, Mom stuff, Mothers and daughters, Parenting, Personal, Uncategorized
To say this is a big month for me is to call Everest a molehill. My first born will graduate college and my last born will bid adieu to high school. I’m fine, really…. Introspective. Contemplative. Prayer-filled. But good. This season has me...
by Robin | Apr 23, 2015 | Uncategorized
Some parents cannot wait for their children to reach driving age. They either need help carting other kids around or they’re simply eager for the freedom of no longer having to play lone taxi driver.I wasn’t one of those. Though not prone to worry, I’ve received a few...
by Robin | Mar 30, 2015 | Europe, Favorite things, friendship, Memoir, Personal, Uncategorized
Last year for my birthday I got a miracle. No exaggeration, textbook definition…I know miracles when I see miracles. It wasn’t that I had the good fortune of celebrating in Vienna, Austria (traveling with my husband on a business trip) or that I got...
by Robin | Mar 28, 2015 | Uncategorized
She was dressed in denim, the edges of a diaper peeking out of her waistband. Her much bigger brother was playing soccer, and as it was Senior Night, family pictures were taken mid-field at halftime. After, as the players headed to the locker room and their...
by Robin | Mar 18, 2015 | Uncategorized
In the preschool classic, “Are You My Mother?” a baby bird hatches when his mother is away, and the poor little fella begins a journey to find her. He asks everyone – and everything – he meets, “Are you my mother?” Imprinting is instinctual; at the very core of who he...