by Robin | Jan 22, 2012 | Beauty, Therapon
No matter the extreme measures you use to prevent aging, it’s going to happen. It’s natural. And sometimes the more you resist, the faster those changes seem to occur, don’t they? But I’ve come up with a way to win this battle; when wrinkles burrow and shape...
by Robin | Dec 17, 2011 | (in)courage, Christmas, Parenting
The manner of giving is worth more than the gift. ~ Pierre Corneille, Le Menteur Most memories are merely past recollection, but a rare few are heart branders… soul-shapers… the living of which interminably alters the future. I was just 12 years old when...
by Robin | Dec 3, 2011 | Christmas, Faith, Family
He slipped in sideways between the closing elevator doors, as if he were late to a meeting; he pressed the "5" without looking. But it was evening, and baggy pants and faded navy hung on his tall, slim frame…and his stealth entry stiffened the...
by Robin | Oct 29, 2011 | 31 Days of Parenting Teens & Tweens, Parenting, Teens & Tweens
~ 31 Days of Parenting Teens & Tweens, Day 19 ~ I don't know why it took me so long to learn this one; it's not like she didn't tell me e v e r y time I did it. Embarrassed her. In front of grown-ups. And sometimes ~ cardinal sin...
by Robin | Oct 24, 2011 | 31 Days of Parenting Teens & Tweens, Parenting, Teens & Tweens
~ 31 Days of Parenting Teens & Tweens, Day 18 ~ Had I learned a simple lesson earlier in marriage, the past 24 years might have been smoother. The art of t i m i n g. It can be the difference between delight and disappointment, contentment or...