by D.B. Smyth | @DB_Smyth | Mar 5, 2012 | Uncategorized
Hey Team! I’m hanging out with Alina B. Klein today on her blog Tip-Tap-Typing on the Lunatic Fringe. She’s hosting my post on trauma called “The Road Not Taken” as part of her Empowerment Project.Click HERE to read the post.Even if...
by D.B. Smyth | @DB_Smyth | Feb 27, 2012 | Uncategorized
I can see the Foursquare court, white lines painted on the black asphalt to the back left of the elementary school. We were so excited when the school turned an empty, unused parking lot into a kiddo’s game paradise. Foursquare, tether ball, permanent...
by D.B. Smyth | @DB_Smyth | Feb 24, 2012 | Uncategorized
I’ve been working on a puzzle recently. It’s what I do when life feels out of control. I can work at a puzzle. There are only so many pieces. I have the picture for directions. And when I get tired of it, I can put it away and work at it again tomorrow. No...
by D.B. Smyth | @DB_Smyth | Feb 17, 2012 | Uncategorized
Dear Friday, I’ve missed you! It’s been awhile, huh? So this week (read: month) has been… hard. I continue to struggle with balance and hope… or is it confidence? Balance The first, balance, is easy to describe. I feel like a tightrope walker on the high wire of...
by D.B. Smyth | @DB_Smyth | Feb 14, 2012 | Uncategorized
Yesterday I went for a 30 minute walk that only lasted 5 minutes because it was so freakin’ cold outside that I had to turn back home. We’re talking chilled-to-the-bone-I might-as-well-have-been-hiking-the-polar-ice-caps cold. So what does one do to warm back up? Take...
by D.B. Smyth | @DB_Smyth | Feb 10, 2012 | Uncategorized
I count myself one of the luckiest girls in the world for being introduced to Liza Kane. Not only a fab author (I know, I’m blessed to be her beta reader!), but also a great friend and motivational guru! In a recent conversation I mentioned that “I feel...
