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 28, 2012 | Worth Mentioning
Next to Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Korean War Memorial has to be my favorite memorial in D.C. There is something incredibly compelling about this wall, like the Vietnam Memorial, only instead of names it is etched with the faces of military men and women. Breathtaking...
by D.B. Smyth | @DB_Smyth | May 22, 2012 | Beautiful Things, Broken Pieces, Worth Mentioning
I normally don’t post reviews here… too many industry rules (mostly unwritten) for my taste, but I had to share this one. Rape Girl by Alina Klein My rating: 4 of 5 stars Blurb “Valerie always wanted to be the smart girl. The pretty girl. The popular...
by D.B. Smyth | @DB_Smyth | Apr 13, 2012 | Success Identity Challenge
Happy Friday, my friends, and welcome to the last week of our Success Identity Challenge! We made it! (almost, hehe). Survival “Basic, instinctual needs.” But survival usually refers to our basic need for food, water, clothing, shelter, breathing, personal...
by D.B. Smyth | @DB_Smyth | Mar 17, 2012 | Success Identity Challenge
Happy Friday! Oh, I mean Saturday, hehe. I hope your first week of the Success Identity Challenge went well and I look forward to hearing about any experiences or perspective shifts you’d like to share! I’ll add my own thoughts about belonging in the...