by D.B. Smyth | @DB_Smyth | Jun 6, 2013 | Beautiful Things, Broken Pieces, When Life Hurts
A close friend of mine shared the following thoughts with me after a discussion we had on abuse, shame, and our life experiences. It is easy to feel like a second class citizen when you discover your upbringing is so incredibly different than those around you....
by D.B. Smyth | @DB_Smyth | Jun 4, 2012 | Broken Pieces, When Life Hurts
Dear God, Or Universe or Higher Power or whatever name you want to be called. I’m writing because somehow I’ve lost you, though most days it feels like you lost me. Like the time my parents left me in the department store for almost an hour because they...
by D.B. Smyth | @DB_Smyth | May 7, 2012 | Beautiful Things, When Life Hurts
Friday a friend said an interesting thing to me. I sat on her couch tracing the designs of a throw pillow as I shared the frustration I felt in re-evaluating my life and the rules I allow to govern it. I couldn’t seem to reconcile my childhood rules with the choices...
by D.B. Smyth | @DB_Smyth | Feb 21, 2012 | Beautiful Things, Broken Pieces, When Life Hurts
During a group therapy session for people with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), I was asked to respond to the following poem: “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost. Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one...
by D.B. Smyth | @DB_Smyth | Jul 20, 2011 | Beautiful Things, When Life Hurts
It’s going to happen. A crit partner is going to offend you. An agent is going to reject your query. A publisher is going to pass on your story. A reviewer is going to HATE what you wrote. And the nay-sayers in your life are going to shake their heads and give...
by D.B. Smyth | @DB_Smyth | May 17, 2011 | Beautiful Things, When Life Hurts
I’m going “off” posting schedule, but I needed this today. A long time ago I received the following link from a friend of mine and immediately fell in the love with the song (Freckles – Natasha Bedingfield). I hope you’ll take a moment to...
