by Robin Farnsworth | Sep 12, 2020 | Uncategorized
“He heals the brokenhearted
and binds up their wounds. He determines the number of the stars; he gives to all of them their names.” Psalm 147:3,4 (ESV) Rosie and I resumed our walks around the pond this week. Summertime we are banned (well, dogs...
by Robin Farnsworth | Jun 15, 2020 | Uncategorized
Pawwwwwt Chestah!! I can still hear the conductor holler over the clack and rattle of the train and the steady kachuk kachuk kachuk of the wheels on the rails. Port Chester, Rye, Harrison. Back then, in the 60’s, it wasn’t an odd thing for a little girl to ride...
by Robin Farnsworth | Sep 9, 2019 | Redemption, Uncategorized
The door swings open, and I follow the young Victim Services Advocate into the parole hearing room. She’s young and pregnant with her first baby, a girl she said, after she realized it was okay to talk about everyday things with me. She had to keep me separate,...
by Robin Farnsworth | Feb 13, 2018 | Hope, Love, Uncategorized
“First Corinthians 13…” I’m opening a small Bible that I brought to give to one of the inmates. “Where is that?” Jessica asks. “It’s right here.” I push the Bible towards her, keeping my finger on the page. Kara...
by Robin Farnsworth | Apr 4, 2016 | Random, Uncategorized
Dear friends, Please forgive my blogging vacation. I am finally writing a book and making reasonable progress, so I have approached a few of my favorite writer friends to be my guests. This one is from my favorite writer/friend and my precious big brother, Bob. He...
by Robin Farnsworth | Jan 10, 2016 | Hope, Loss, Uncategorized
“Treasure” the neatly penned label read. I scanned the pile of boxes stacked against my desk. Something made me label this one box, besides the occasional urge to organize my life. When I sit at my desk, I can reach all the things I love; pictures of husband, kids,...
