by Robin | Dec 5, 2014 | Inspiring, Memoir, Personal, Uncategorized, Writing
I can still visualize him though I haven’t seen him in over 30 years. A head of hair, still full but thinning, impossibly white and shiny. His shoulders sloped enough to age him but twinkly blue eyes subtracted time. Translucent skin and rosy cheeks and...
by Robin | Oct 10, 2014 | 31 Days: Hints & Tips for College Bound Students, Mom stuff, Parenting, Uncategorized
As I mentioned at the beginning, my October series will alternate posts for the senior in high school who’s in the throes of the college application process AND for the younger students who have a year – or five – before they have to start thinking...
by Robin | Oct 6, 2014 | 31 Days: Hints & Tips for College Bound Students
{Haven’t yet subscribed? Please do!} Do you remember how you would answer the question, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” when you were around five or six? What would prompt us to do that, to ask children to speculate as to what they’d...
by Robin | Oct 3, 2014 | 31 Days: Hints & Tips for College Bound Students, Uncategorized
{Please click to subscribe to receive first notice of all posts!} Yesterday we talked about the importance of good grades for high school students, and while forgoing a part-time job to devote more time to schoolwork could “earn” your student more money in...
by Robin | Oct 1, 2014 | 31 Days: Hints & Tips for College Bound Students, Uncategorized
It used to amuse me when bloggers made a big deal for writing consecutively for 31 days. That was circa 2009 when I was a slave to my blog but hadn’t yet realized it. Oh, my, a lot has changed between then and now. If I started listing the highlights (and the...