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Faithless Wind--blown down by breeze

A breeze blesses hot skin. A feeling that the Lord is with you on a hot day. A gust tears away everything in its path. A feeling that God...

Katie Smith

Mar 31, 20243 min read

My Oxygen Mask

Recently my cavity-prone child had to get a few more "quadrants" of baby teeth filled, mostly due to overcrowding and a strong gag, but I...

Katie Smith

Mar 24, 20243 min read

Mary Poppins Pride

If you've ever met someone who always has the very thing you need in the very moment you need it, then you've met my mother. Whether its...

Katie Smith

Mar 17, 20243 min read

A Decade Later, A Different Road

10 years ago we were traveling by car (as seen above) in the countryside of southern France. Our travel garmand was dying and our small,...

Katie Smith

Mar 10, 20243 min read

Roses or thorns-which do you see?

We had finally made the kitchen at our first home the way I would have wanted it all those many meals made during the years prior. But we...

Katie Smith

Mar 3, 20243 min read

Finding our Swing, on the Road

I picked up a great biography for my own summer reading last year, "Boys in a Boat." If you're not into crew, rowing, Nazi Germany, or...

Katie Smith

Feb 25, 20243 min read

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

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

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

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

We are getting off...

Stepping off the hamster wheel A friend just told us, "I get up, take the kids to school, workout, work, come home, eat dinner, play with...

Katie Smith

Nov 28, 20233 min read

Not Depressed, but Discontent.

We can have all that we need physically, know our purpose spiritually, and be healthy mentally, yet still wrestle with discontentment....

Katie Smith

Nov 14, 20233 min read

Sick of my story--rewind & repeat.

Have you ever woken up to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night and then you can't fall back asleep because you're replaying...

Katie Smith

Oct 27, 20233 min read

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

Free time--swapping out prison clothes

For the first time ever, I have all my kids in a regular five hour class--- wait for it---just once a week. While that seems like barely...

Katie Smith

Sep 25, 20234 min read

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

making decisions

Fluidity and flexibility are necessary in managing expectations, I know that full-well! But when it comes to solid decisions, fluidity...

Katie Smith

Aug 17, 20232 min read

Stuck

Ever been stuck between a rock and a hard place? Ever banged your head against the wall over and over not knowing why? Ever hit a dead...

Katie Smith

Jul 31, 20232 min read

America the Teenager

Whether you were a rebel or a saint in your adolescent years, a seed of rebellion exists in every single soul. By definition to rebel...

Katie Smith

Jul 11, 20233 min read

Team Captains: a tribute to good dads

Some people just like to compete to make things "more interesting." My oldest son creates competitions out of everything, and of course,...

Katie Smith

Jun 19, 20234 min read

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