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Jan 192012

I sneezed a lot last Thursday. On the 107th sneeze, I realized things weren’t looking good for me, I was probably going to be sick the following day. By that evening my ear throbbed, my throat was raw and I was running a fever. I dosed up on over-the-counter pain and cold meds and tried to sleep until my appointment the next day. My husband and best friend got all my kids off to school as my teeth chattered with fever. I was grateful to not have to get out in the cold wind and have a chance to rest. [Read more...]

Bathing Is NOT A Spectator Sport (Unless Your Name is Shamu or Mommy)

Columns, Momma Said

Sep 172011

Bathing Is NOT A Spectator Sport (Unless Your Name is Shamu or Mommy)

For the better part of seven years, since my oldest child was born, I have been a mother. I know that seems totally obvious, right? You are like, “Of course you have been a mother since you had your first child, you idiot! That’s how that works.” But my point is that once you are a mother you are never truly alone unless you have a deadbolt and for the better part of seven years, I have not been alone. Someone is constantly touching me, talking to me or wanting something from me. I realize this is all part of [Read more...]

Jun 252010

Robin’s Chicks, the syndicated family humor column runs in the following papers weekly: The Moultrie News, Mt Pleasant, S.C. The Greenwood Commonwealth, Greenwood, Miss. The Corridor Messenger, Walker County, Ala. St. Clair News-Aegis, Pell City, Ala. The Daily Mountain Eagle, Jasper, Ala. The Colombian-Progress, Columbia, Miss. The Lee County Courier, Tupelo, Miss. “Modern Motherhood,” appears monthly in Metro Christian Living, a fabulous lifestyles magazine based in Jackson, Miss. “You Gotta Have Faith.” is a bi-weekly column which appears on Moms of Faith, a website for Christian women. Robin also writes occasional food columns and freelance pieces for the Jackson Free [Read more...]