by D.B. Smyth | @DB_Smyth | Sep 12, 2012 | Beautiful Things, The Kindness Project
I don’t remember the exact words and, sadly, I can barely remember the names of the two girl who left the note on my car, but I do remember the little folded paper and how it felt to know someone had noticed–that someone cared. I’d had a terrible...
by D.B. Smyth | @DB_Smyth | Sep 10, 2012 | Fresh Start
by D.B. Smyth | @DB_Smyth | Sep 5, 2012 | Beautiful Things, Courage
cour·age [kur-ij] the quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face difficulty, danger, pain, etc., without fear I used to believe courage was a characteristic possessed by great people doing great things, like Superman and Wonder Woman. Some were born with...
by D.B. Smyth | @DB_Smyth | Sep 3, 2012 | Featured Articles, Fresh Start
Fresh Start – anything uplifting or smile inducing that makes Monday a look-forward-to rather than a holy-crap-it’s-here kind of day. 🙂 [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URR_4i5gIFU] How are you going to reach for those big plans or crazy...
by D.B. Smyth | @DB_Smyth | Jun 13, 2012 | Beautiful Things, Courage
“If you’re going to do something, make it matter.” ~HP Discover Conference 2012 The husb brought home this little nugget of wisdom from the HP conference he attended recently and WOW! It’s pinged around in my soul for the last week like a...
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 | May 17, 2012 | The Writing Life
With the DFW Writers’ Conference right around the corner many of us have tummies all twisted in knots with excitement! WAHOOOO!!!! It feels like I’m standing in line waiting for my turn on the roller coaster. I want to scream and dance and puke and then scream some...
by D.B. Smyth | @DB_Smyth | May 14, 2012 | Worth Mentioning
A smile. An encouraging word. A thoughtful gesture. Each day people interact with us, help, and make our day a bit brighter and full. This is especially true in the Writing Community. Take a second to think about writers you know, like the critique partner who works...
