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by Robin | Mar 2, 2011 | Memoir, Mom stuff

It started with a blustery day. Blustery days remind me of Winnie the Pooh, childhood comfort reading as satisfying to the soul as pot pie to the lips–tubby-little cubby-all-stuffed-with-fluff and all. Cross-legged on the floor with the book in my...

When it doubt…GO!

by Robin | Mar 21, 2010 | Uncategorized

Life markers are to be celebrated ~ We shower expectant mothers and brides-to-be to help transition them into new life with new lives… We gift and cake and party hat birthday boys and girls… We gather to remember the lives of those we cherish when...

Thief of memories

by Robin | Oct 13, 2009 | Breast Cancer, Cancer is NOT okay!, Do Something!, Health, Mom stuff, Parenting, Personal

Breast cancer doesn't just plunder body, it is a thief of memories. I have good reason to hate it, too: The memory album of my mother is too small. Blank pages are haunted with wonderings of "what might have been, if only." If...

When tragedy knocked, hope answered the door

by Robin | May 16, 2009 | Faith, Family, friendship, Parenting, Personal

Following the heart-breaking death of their 17-year-old son in a car accident a week ago, Jamie and Scott are responding with grace, dignity, humility, strength and life-giving faith. Their daughter, Emily, is, too. If this had happened to me, it is how...

Eat dessert first

by Robin | Apr 8, 2009 | Blogging, Faith, Good causes, Mom stuff, Personal, Social media, Twitter

Yesterday, my son celebrated his 12th birthday, a day more special than most birthdays in our family because it falls on his grandmother's birthday, too. Because he's my youngest and I'm holding on to his milestones with white-knuckled grip, OF...