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Living and traveling with peace in organized chaos
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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
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
sitting with nothing
I'm not sure who invented fidget toys, but I have a love/hate relationship with them. They really suffocate self-control and inhibit...
Katie Smith
Nov 29, 20223 min read
Overcome With Pain
When you get to a certain age, you are suppose to draft a living will..... I think? Those desires you have for the "worst-case...
Katie Smith
Nov 1, 20223 min read
The Advantage of the "Disadvantaged"
Have you ever doubted? Doubted God's existence? You've prayed, you've tried to read a Bible, you've visited a church or heard a sermon....
Katie Smith
Oct 11, 20224 min read
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
Vulnerable
Love ya. I used to be a "ya" person. "Ya" is informal, slang, and by definition, lacks clarity. "Ya" is not a person. "You" are a person....
Katie Smith
Aug 24, 20223 min read
WHAT WENT WRONG-Travel Tips: Renting
Travel Pros and Cons for a Trailer Within the first 15 minutes of picking up Avenger, our 38 ft rented travel trailer, there was a flat...
Katie Smith
Jul 31, 20223 min read
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
Travel Tips: Kids in Class C
Why would anyone in their right mind want to live cramped in an RV when you could just find an outdoor play space or hiking trail near...
Katie Smith
Jun 7, 20224 min read
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
That hurts
The sting of dislikes travels beyond the social media world. Even if you detach yourself from the pains of electronic approvals and...
Katie Smith
May 13, 20223 min read
Restful Work
Broken bread. Poured out wine. If you've ever read the children's book, The Little Red Hen, you know the time involved in bread-making....
Katie Smith
Apr 24, 20223 min read
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
No Time like the Present
"God is not in the present. All moments are present to God" (Tim Keller sermon podcast). We splinter our lives into fragments: infancy,...
Katie Smith
Mar 4, 20222 min read
Traveling Homebody
A vigilant vagabond, in carefully careless living, I represent the traveling homebody. You know you don't have to fit into one prescribed...
Katie Smith
Feb 1, 20223 min read
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
Wrong way
“God has mercifully ordered that the human brain works slowly; first the blow, hours afterwards the bruise.” ― Walter de la Mare, The...
Katie Smith
Dec 19, 20213 min read
Servtitude
"Mustang horses are descendants of escaped, domestic Spanish horses that were brought to the Americas by Spanish explorers in the 16th...
Katie Smith
Nov 21, 20213 min read
Expecting
No we are NOT expecting another baby as the subject line suggests (Even though several people have asked recently!?), but rather...
Katie Smith
Nov 2, 20213 min read
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