...12.13.15...

I hope someday you see this is all life wants:

 for you to be your own kind of beautiful 

& not the kind that makes you forget who you are.

~storypeople

welcome to michigan.

where Christmas is inside.

and it's 45 degrees.

and rain outside.

they say snow is coming next week.

i am okay with the rain.

this week.

may you find an opportunity.

to bring your inside Christmas.

to someone outside.

who could use some Christmas spirit.

welcome to coffee hour.

welcome to this Sunday morning.

just BE.

robin.

...holding my breath...

above cora 11 mons 11/15

below eva 10 mons 2/14

Sitting there in your pajamas 

& all the time in the world 

& if I could keep any moment it would be this: 

watching you & holding my breath with the wonder of it all.

enjoying the moments.

behind the lens.

what a beautiful.

place.

to.

just BE.

robin.

...11.29.15...

the quieter you become,

the more you can hear.

~ram dass

november.

the frost looks beautiful on you.

welcome to coffee hour.

welcome to this Sunday morning.

just BE.

robin.

...if i had known...

If I had known everything
I know about who you are
back when I didn’t know
a thing about you
I would’ve pulled you aside
sooner & said Thank You
for being one of the most
incredible people I will
ever know.

~storypeople

i am going with a candle light shadow.

as the snow has gently started to fall.

all of lower michigan is headed for snow cover today.

especially southern michigan.

i am located where your ring sits on your left hand.

we are suppose to get only 2"-4"

let the "i'm in the ditch" begin.

as people forget how to drive on snow.

and continue to drive like it's summer time out.

at least we've been blessed with no snow until today.

who would you say "thank you" to?

light + objects = shadows

just BE.

robin.

...11.15.15...

  

 

What color are souls? she said &
I said, Color isn’t that much of an issue
when you’re talking souls.

~storypeople

my summer yard is gone.

the colors become muted.

the flowers are quiet.

the sound of fall is the chickadee.

silence is coming.

with the current world issues...

silence is okay.

enjoy these moments.

welcome to coffee hour.

welcome to this Sunday morning.

just BE.

robin.

...10.11.15...

Secret #5: imagine something that gives you joy. 

Got it? Now go & be like that all day long

 (Yes. It is that simple…)

~storypeople

just got back from an overnight trip.

it is a beautiful fall day.

what gives you joy today?

welcome to coffee hour.

welcome to this Sunday morning.

just BE.

robin.

...10.4.15...

 the peace of wild things

wendell berry

when despair for the world grows in me

and i wake in the night at the least sound

in fear of what my life and my children's lives may be,

i go and lie down where the wood drake

rest in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.

i come into the peace of wild things

who do not tax heir lives with forethought

of grief. i come into the presence of still water.

and i feel above me the day-blind stars

waiting with their light. for a time

i rest in the grace of the world, and am free.

welcome to coffee hour.

welcome to this Sunday morning.

just BE.

robin.

...9.27.15...

Rules for making the world:

1. Stand up & do the thing

you see needs doing.

2. That’s it.

(If it was easy, we’d be

having a different

conversation.)

~storypeople

wonderful week of moments.

homecoming.

spirit week.

king & queen nomination.

parade.

friday night lights.

he didn't win as king.

but the lovely lady he escorted was crowned queen.

the team did pull out a victory.

after much back and forth scoring.

the proudest moment.

that i hope he carries with him...

is he and his girlfriend.

asking their friend, kyle, to go with them to the dance.

i hope he remembers.

helping kyle put on the pink tie.

so they would all match.

i know, as the momma, i'm going to remember that moment.

i watched the game from the press box.

helping his proud dad who announced the game.

but the best moment of this week.

was standing watching his compassion.

as he put that tie on his friend.

as hannah pinned the flower on her friend's shirt. 

those are the moments.

that define his {her} character.

those are the moments.

that make this momma proud.

welcome to coffee hour.

welcome to this Sunday morning.

just BE.

robin.