by Becky Robinson | Feb 3, 2011 | Inspiration
In our years before kids, my husband and I had two really terrific adventures. For two consecutive summers, we took long trips on our bicycles. We planned the trips because we wanted to create memories and stories we could tell our kids. The first summer, we rode from...
by Becky Robinson | Jan 18, 2011 | Inspiration
On our way home from driving the other girls to school, my daughter Maggie likes to talk. The drive to school is noisy. Sometimes it’s all bickering and whining. Other times the older girls sing or tell the same joke repeatedly. Maggie, usually still sleepy,...
by Becky Robinson | Dec 26, 2010 | Inspiration
Four years ago today, I got up early to drive to the airport to pick up my sister-in-law, Dana. Round-bellied, I had spent Christmas afternoon taking down our Christmas tree and getting our home in order. My two young daughters didn’t seem bothered by the day we...
by Becky Robinson | Oct 27, 2010 | Leadership
This week, across America, schools are celebrating Red Ribbon Week. Held in the last week of October each year, Red Ribbon week, according to the Drug Enforcement Agency’s website, is the nation’s oldest and largest drug prevention program. To complement...
by Becky Robinson | Sep 27, 2010 | Leadership
This weekend, as part of a backyard improvement project, my husband Eric, his brother, and his dad, moved 36 cubic yards of dirt from our driveway in wheelbarrows. It took two trips for the delivery truck to get all the dirt to our home and most of two days for the...