by Robin | Sep 10, 2013 | Encouragement, Faith, Family, Friends, friendship, Memoir, Mom stuff, Personal
{Continued from Part One ~ subsequent chapters will only make sense if you as a whole – Consider an email subscription?} ii. It was May 2003, not yet summer but the perfect weather for a cook-out. We had planted but now it was time to uproot. We had built and...
by Robin | Sep 20, 2011 | Advice, Favorite things, Friends, friendship, Inspiring
Check out Leigh's at Curly Girl…and while you're there, please tell her I'm her biggest stalker fan! Then buy lots of her stuff; you'll thank me for making the introduction if you aren't already familiar with her work. ...
by Robin | Apr 15, 2011 | Friends, friendship, Poetry
she is my friend who hears my unspoken words as loudly as those drawled, celebrates dreams as though they are real, pursues me as if i am worthy, challenges me with ancient words, opens her veins and splashes blood mixed with tears, vaults my secrets behind keyless...
by Robin | Jan 4, 2011 | Exercise in Frustration, Family, Kids, Mom stuff, Parenting, Personal, Teens & Tweens
After a restless night, I was rudely awakened by the sounds of footsteps and chatter just outside my bedroom door; the hallway hardwood floor might as well have been canyons. This was unusual–my daughter and her two friends typically sleep in when...
by Robin | Dec 6, 2010 | (in)courage, Compassion Bloggers, Friends, friendship
I have returned from the top of a mountain. Over the weekend I traveled 2 1/2 hours to Birmingham for two family reunions where no one shares my blood but 13,800 share my soul. We feasted and feasted but mostly we feasted. Miracles happened. Five us were crammed in...