EVERY MOMent COUNTS!
Hey all, I’m Robyn. Kids are my “thing”. I am the mom of 16 children, 7 I will meet in Heaven and 9 here on Earth. I married the wonderful Ray McKelvy over 22 years ago. We have 4 kids in college, 1 in high school, 1 in junior high, 1 in intermediate, 1 in elementary and 1 toddler. I love laughter and I do standup comedy in front of my stove while I cook. I am a matchmaker though few hire me for this service. I am a caterer, writer, mentor, homeschooler, and taxi driver in our 15 passenger van. I love the NFL and the NBA and I cheer them on with vigor! I am also a private cheerleader in my home. GO McKelvy’s! My new cheering thing will be ‘Blogging with you, I want to cheer you on to, to do what our Father wants you to do. Whoo!”
The Lord has done great things for us, and we are filled with joy. Psalm 126:3 NIV One of the greatest things the Lord has done for us is giving us older, wiser women to model godliness for us. We see these women all around us–at church and in our communities, our moms and mothers-in-law. [...]
I had my first four children in three and one half years. My oldest, a girl, was so easy to keep up with through her high school and college years. She was diligent about calling home and checking on the family. Not so, with my boys. There were few phone calls and no notes or [...]
Growing up in a family with 10 children, there were always chores to be done. No one was exempt from helping with chores and there were many to go around. Now I have 10 children and the same goes in my household. Chores galore and no exemptions. It is so very heartwarming to see my [...]
As I write these words, all of my children are home, for a little while. With 10 kids, it is very difficult to get everyone in the same place at the same time for any length. College in different states, work schedules and activities keep us going in many directions. Today I am basking in [...]
Have you ever really wanted to buy something that was in scarce supply? One Christmas we wanted to buy the up-and-coming video gaming system for our family. My husband and son ran to the store to get one and were informed that the person right before them purchased the last one. The person who got [...]
It was my intention to take a real quick look at my Facebook page today. There on my news feed was a post from a distant friend saying she had just finished a Race for the Cure in honor of her mother. “We are continuing to fight for you, mom,” were the final words on [...]
I am learning that sometimes as a mom, I get a lot of things wrong. Watching one of my boys searching to find what God wants him to do (in what seems to me in some God forsaken places), I spend a lot of time crying out and praying the “Hannah prayers” for him. (Hannah [...]
Looking at the title of this article and choosing the word “great” is intentional. What makes a movie great? It must have drama, action, adventure, highs, lows and love. Doesn’t this sound eerily similar to your relationship with your husband? A great marriage will have all of these qualities, and you share this marriage with one [...]
This is an important and personal question to every married woman. Is your T.P. hard, soft, easily torn or breaks down quickly? Are you considering changing your T.P. because what you have now is not working for you? Well, I am here to say WHOA! Hold UP! T.P. is more than you think. The T.P. [...]
Everywhere we turn we are reminded that its BACK TO SCHOOL time. It is time for me to rally the troops and get them all prepared for another year of work, papers, tests, and after school activities. Two weeks ago, my daughter was driving me to the store. As she rounded the corner to park, [...]
