Everyone has a love story – some of us have many. It might be a story of a love lost or an unrequited love. Maybe it’s a love of deep friendship that covered us like a home sewn quilt on a chilly night. But every one of us have experienced love of some sort. The […]
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Robbie is on the radio! She is on the Good News with Angie Austin show and on Daybreak USA with her husband John
To tune into Robbie click on KLTT 670 AM and go to Daybreak USA .
You can read Robbie's stories in 8 Chicken Soup for the Soul titles, her devotional Joy Dance and her novel Cecilia Jackson's Last Chance.
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A Sentimental Trip Home to Texas through a Phone Call
This is Ray Shotwell and me. I believe I was a senior in high school. I am not a phone person. Never been the kind of gal who likes to sit and talk for a long time without being able to see someone. I don’t know why. So many times I’ve heard my friends say […]
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That Man O’Mine and His Part in Cecelia Jackson’s Last Chance
These two pictures are of my husband John Iobst handling the sales/money at the book launch of my first novel, Cecelia Jackson’s Last Chance. Thirteen years ago, I was teaching at a Christian high school. Noah was 2 and I wanted to somehow find a way to not work and stay at home with him. […]
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Be Your Own Valentine!
“Oh yes, you shaped me first inside, then out; you formed me in my mother’s womb. I thank you, High God—you’re breathtaking! Body and soul, I am marvelously made! I worship in adoration—what a creation!” Psalm 139:13-15 (The Message) If you look up the origins of Valentine’s Day, you will find several stories and […]
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The Wise Mind
I go to counseling, without shame or embarrassment, to get help for my eating issues. It’s been a difficult and wonderful journey. Currently I am in a group where we learn DBT skills. (Look that up if you are interested.) One of the skills we are learning is how to make decisions from our “wise […]
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Are You Tired of People Pleasing?
I am so tired, weary in fact, of living my life based on group decisions. It’s the heart of a people pleaser to please. It’s also the curse. I am the last of four kids – the baby, the brat. But I am also the one that wanted desperately to please my parents and everyone […]
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What Do Philip Seymour Hoffman and I Have in Common?
On Super Bowl Sunday, my heart fell and I cried. It had nothing to do with the beating the Denver Broncos took at the hands of the Seattle Seahawks. I don’t care about football. It was that moment when I glanced on Facebook and saw that Philip Seymour Hoffman had died. I remember clicking […]
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So What ARE You Eating?
When I’ve told folks I am on a detox from sugar and all grains, they inevitably ask, “So what ARE you eating?” Guided by Amy Thedinga www.amythedinga.com I have eated quite well. I have not enjoyed all the prep and cooking I’ve had to do, but the food itself has been really good, with one or […]
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Observations after Clean Eating for One Week.
“I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.’” Muhammad Ali One week of clean eating detox – this means I’ve only eaten veggies, fruit and meat. No breads, no grains, no processed foods. My coach and advisor through this has […]
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Find Your Swing
“…I have called you by name. You are mine…” Isaiah 43:1 I was next in line. My heart beat fast. I was about to meet one of my favorite writers, Anne Lamott. I approached. She glanced at me and then looked down to write her name in my book. “Hi Anne, I love your writing.” […]
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