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 22, 2012 | Wordlessly Wednesday
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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 | 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...
by D.B. Smyth | @DB_Smyth | Dec 5, 2011 | Uncategorized
Someday I’m going to have to learn to keep my mouth shut and my mind open. Hopefully sooner than later if I’m going to survive this journey called publishing. Right now, however, I need to eat some crow and choke down some humble pie. A few months ago a friend asked...
by D.B. Smyth | @DB_Smyth | Nov 2, 2011 | Wordlessly Wednesday
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by D.B. Smyth | @DB_Smyth | Oct 26, 2011 | Wordlessly Wednesday
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by D.B. Smyth | @DB_Smyth | Oct 14, 2011 | Uncategorized
Dear Friday, You’re here! You’re really, really here! *gives gigantic hug* I wasn’t standing around all week waiting for you to arrive, but I’m still excited that you finally made it. I’m loving our little chats and look forward to telling you about the week....
