Robin’s Blog
I'm a wife and a Mother of 4 grown children. I have 4 grandchildren who are my joy. This is my journey to rediscovering who I am. In other words, what comes after being a stay at home Mom. Wife, Mother, Grandmother, Daughter, Sister, Blogger, Writer, stubborn and opinionated, voracious reader and a seeker of truth in all things....in other words me.
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Happy Birthday America Your 233 Years Young….
Proud of you America and proud to be a part of you. Happy 4th of July y’all. Now let’s light up those grills and bar-b-que.
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Tagged 4th of july, america, blogging, blogs, California, celebration, children, family, fireworks, grandmas, heroes, humor, husbands, independence day, kids, life, love, marriage, military, mom blogs, moms, motherhood, mothers, my life, parenthood, passions and soapboxes, photos, soldiers, troops, united states, us, writing
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Girl Power: Can You Spell Laodicean…
Thirteen-year-old Kavya Shivashankar of Olathe, Kan., has claimed the title of the nation’s top speller. Kavya aced the word ‘Laodicean’ Thursday night to win the 82nd Scripps National Spelling Bee. Congratulations to Kavya and her family. Now how am I … Continue reading
Posted in girl power
Tagged blogging, blogs, children, family, girl power, girls, heroes, hot topics, humor, kids, life, passions and soapboxes, soapboxes, spelling, spelling bee, spelling bee 2009, writing
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Memories of Mother…
My Mother’s name was Mary and like her name she lived a plain and uneventful life without thunder, her birth however was another story. She was born in 1927 in a tent city in Bowlegs Oklahoma during a smallpox epidemic. She was born into extreme poverty and was premature at 4½ lbs. My grandmother had been caring for her sisters and their children who had smallpox. Continue reading
Posted in family, grief an loss, life, my life
Tagged blogging, blogs, family, grief, heroes, john wayne, life, loss, marriage, memories, mom blogs, moms, mother's day, motherhood, mothers, movies, opinions, parenthood, tributes, writing
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Transcending: Words on Women and Strength by Kelly Corrigan
Author Kelly Corrigan wrote this moving essay about women’s remarkable capacity to support each other, to laugh together, and to endure. This actually brought me to tears and makes me feel so proud of my gender. I also feel sorry … Continue reading
Posted in general rants, humor, life, movies, my life
Tagged blogging, blogs, family, heroes, humor, husbands, inspirational, life, marriage, moms, motherhood, mothers, opinions, parenthood, passions, passions and soapboxes, support, uplifting, woman, women, writing
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