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Is it Really That Difficult?
It's been a long, exhausting couple of weeks, and I thought maybe it was time to switch things up and write a blog post that's a bit...

Michelle L. Smith
Mar 4, 20182 min read


Roller Coasters Used to Be Fun!
What a week! Ups, downs, twists, turns and a few times where I thought I was going to have to stop the ride and be sick! When I was...

Michelle L. Smith
Feb 25, 20182 min read


A Few Simple Things
So much tragedy this week...so much loss and sadness. I can't even imagine what those parents and families are feeling after losing...

Michelle L. Smith
Feb 18, 20184 min read


Hey Look! It's the Big Dipper!
It's Sunday night and I'm getting a later start than usual writing my blog post. My weekend has been non-stop, running the gamut from a...

Michelle L. Smith
Feb 11, 20184 min read


Whose Opinion Really Matters, Anyway?
It's exhausting sometimes wondering if I am doing things the "right" way, living up to the expectations of society. Everyone has an...

Michelle L. Smith
Feb 4, 20182 min read


Trailer Parks and Tiny Dreams
I’ve worked really hard to create a successful life for myself, rising above some pretty challenging circumstances. I know I’m not the...

Michelle L. Smith
Jan 28, 20187 min read


Behind Every Great Child is a Mom Who’s Convinced She’s Screwing It All Up
Parenting is far and away the most challenging job I have ever had. Even at the height of my career, making decisions on behalf of an...

Michelle L. Smith
Jan 21, 20183 min read


The Sum of Our Choices
You know those mornings when everything starts off wrong - your alarm doesn't go off, the kids are crabby, you can't find your keys (for...

Michelle L. Smith
Jan 14, 20182 min read


Some Days You Hop Away, Some Days You Get Squished
I remember one rainy night, a little more than 5 years ago, when my boys and I were driving home from a family event. We took the back roads home to our new apartment and one of them was in a lowland where flooding would often happen. As we drove down the road, splashing through the standing water, hundreds of tiny little frogs were hopping across the street. We ran over many of them, hearing them squish and pop under the car tires, but lots of them hopped quickly across t

Michelle L. Smith
Jan 7, 20181 min read


Two Different Boots
I’m often plagued with self-doubt, about every single thing in my life. It seems ridiculous even to me. I’m smart, successful, a good...

Michelle L. Smith
Jan 4, 20183 min read
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