by Robin | May 12, 2009 | Compassion - India, Compassion International, Friends
When I traveled to India with our team of Compassion bloggers last week, I felt like Lance Armstrong. It wasn't just me pedaling a bike along the Champs-Élysée, there were a host of friends–online and off–cheering me on in prayer, thought and...
by Robin | May 5, 2009 | Compassion - India, Compassion International, Photos, Wordless Wednesday
Kolkata, India, April 2009. She's not learning karate for kicks; she's learning it to defend herself. On first glance in the last picture, it looks like she's wearing a ring; it's actually a glowing ember. Compassion...
by Robin | May 5, 2009 | Blog friends, Blogging, Compassion - India, Compassion International, Friends, Personal
This morning as I’m sipping My Precious–a steaming cup of Dunkin Donuts coffee, the thing I missed most last week after my husband and kids–I’m also drinking a companion cup of Bittersweet. One of my oldest and most entertaining blogging buds...
by Robin | May 4, 2009 | Compassion - India, Compassion International, Personal
I suppose it's no surprise that a piece of me is still in Kolkata… …but I'm kind of surprised with a thousand stories left to tell, today I've had few words. I suppose that will come with time, but for now, thank you for investing the...
by Robin | May 1, 2009 | Compassion - India, Compassion International, Faith, Personal, Photos, Raves & Rants
I'm standing in the shower while a perpetual army of water soldiers fights off the day's sweat and filth and emotion when I notice the shelf in front of me. I mentally tick off seven miniature bottles whose purpose is to clean, condition, soften and...