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Why So Many Kids? Easter Response
If you have a focus, a goal, or a mission and someone gets in the way, you're likely to be annoyed or extremely angry by the hindrance....
Katie Smith
Apr 193 min read
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How Our Bad Bed Makes Great Sleep
Once upon a time, I slept in a large room in an even larger california king-sized bed. It was wonderful. I'm not going to lie. I could...
Katie Smith
Feb 73 min read
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Tough Soil- parenting strong wills
I have an "almost teen" and in his hardest of hearts, he has pierced my own many a time. Just when I want to push the child away, God...
Katie Smith
Jan 182 min read
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Should my kids be bored?
Do you think boredom is a good thing? I believe it benefits us, but I have also seen it turn into mayhem, but I recently recognized the...
Katie Smith
Oct 2, 20243 min read
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Turn it upside down
When there's a problem, when things aren't working, we look for a solution. Something needs to change. However, change usually alters our...
Katie Smith
Jun 30, 20243 min read
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Is this normal?
In all my pediatric medical experience (which only amounts to a little less than a decade of intensive motherly care units), I've...
Katie Smith
Feb 15, 20243 min read
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Contagious virus
One of my deepest triggers for anxiety when I was growing up was illness. Like most people, I hated being sick, so I thought if I could...
Katie Smith
Jan 19, 20243 min read
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What should we keep?
As we took down Christmas decorations this year, I heard a lot of "NO NOT THAT!" Because much of them went into donation bags or trash...
Katie Smith
Jan 5, 20243 min read
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No room left
When my kids do not want to hear what I have to say because it goes against their plans, they cover their ears with cupped hands and hope...
Katie Smith
Dec 16, 20233 min read
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Mob mentality
I remember it like yesterday-- the lights, the smells, the screams. My fond interest in the boyband quickly became a love affair after...
Katie Smith
Oct 12, 20234 min read
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Scared
My kids were recently discussing what they were scared of after one of them was screaming at the sight of a talking mannequin, albeit a...
Katie Smith
Sep 5, 20233 min read
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Vantage Point
You know those pictures that you could stare at for hours and not realize their was another hidden picture inside of it? You know those...
Katie Smith
May 30, 20233 min read
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Keeping fruit fresh
There's nothing more convenient then picking up your food already packaged and purchased either from the comfort of your vehicle or...
Katie Smith
Feb 13, 20233 min read
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Are you a Maintainer or Mountaineer?
Are you a maintenance personnel or a mountain climber? I'm a maintainer married to a mountaineer. It's kind of a tongue twister, but the...
Katie Smith
Jan 18, 20233 min read
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Sleep in Heavenly Peace
When my kids are asleep... This is when many parents say their favorite time of day is. While seemingly sad or pitiful, I understand the ...
Katie Smith
Dec 22, 20223 min read
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Splitting Hairs and Biting Tongues
Splitting hairs. That's all I hear these days. Hairs breaking left and right, day and night, between siblings, against parental guidance,...
Katie Smith
Sep 25, 20223 min read
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How to talk to kids about gender identity
We over-complicate by over-simplifying. Concepts like love, truth, and identity are muddied for kids merely wanting to play in the mud...
Katie Smith
Jul 17, 20223 min read
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Don't trust anyone?
There were two people, one "handshake", one promise, one end result, but two different stories. I remember vividly wondering how two...
Katie Smith
Jun 1, 20224 min read
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Fear of making the wrong choice
Perfection. Obviously not attainable. No matter how much you think something is exactly the way it should be, suddenly the other...
Katie Smith
Mar 26, 20223 min read
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Leading them to water
Drink. Go ahead take a sip; the water will keep you going. You NEED water. This is it. This is the best water you'll ever taste. Please....
Katie Smith
Jan 10, 20222 min read
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