February 4, 2017 For 9.5 years I’ve often been introduced as, “This is Emily Smith, her husband is the Rodeo Coach at WOSC.” All of that changed last week. Here’s a little snippet of my reflections. It’s long, please bear … Continue reading An End and A Beginning
January 24, 2017 “A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.” My mom taped that quote to my bedside table a few decades ago. It … Continue reading God Winks
November 11, 2016 Over the years I’ve become quite sappy. I like to blame my father-in-law, as he was always one to cry at the silliest of things. I wasn’t always this way. In fact, I distinctly remember the first time that a “moment” made me tear up. It snuck-up on me and caught me quite off guard. I recall my feelings of sheepishness, but at the same time, I knew that my tears were certainly not unfounded, given the circumstances. Yet, my memory would not be so vivid, if the actual moment were not so meaningful….I was at my … Continue reading Veterans Day 2016
November 25, 2016 On this 16th anniversary of the day I married my Guy, I decided to ask him some questions commonly asked by immigration to verify that your marriage is legitimate and was not a ploy to gain entry … Continue reading Guy+Emily=16 years and counting
Time is our most precious asset, we should invest it wisely. Continue reading This Is It!
We’re a nerdy group here in the Smith house. We go to bookstores….for FUN! We have favorite bookstores scattered throughout the U.S. in various places that we’ve visited. Most are quaint little shops that we happened upon by chance but … Continue reading What Emily Forgot
I’m a wishy-washy ole’ gal once in a while, especially this time of year. It’s July. The downhill slide to school. UGH! I hate school in July. I hate it for me. I hate it for my kids. UGH! School! … Continue reading Wishy-Washy
The thing about kids is that they’re just so honest. You’ve surely heard it said that the only truly honest people are drunks and children. Their filters are non-existent. Kids call it how they see it. Unlike adults, they don’t … Continue reading The Honesty of a Child
Advice From Dad In honor of Father’s Day, one of my favorite radio stations (K-LOVE) asked callers to share the best advice they’d ever received from their dads. I didn’t even have to think about it, I knew instantly. I … Continue reading Advice From Dad ~ FB Post ~ June 18, 2016
It’s a long one…. While reading an article about a survivor of the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, I had one of those moments where a few simple words took my thoughts to … Continue reading Three ~ FB Post ~ March 4, 2016
200,000 miles?! Are you kidding me?! Nope….the ole’ mini-van and I recently reached this historic milestone. This van. Who knew that I’d still be driving THIS van, after all of these years. Shoot! For that matter, who knew I’d be … Continue reading The Minivan ~ FB Post ~April 12, 2016
You know those days….where you feel like you’ve been going 100 miles a minute all day long for at least a week; the laundry is piled up; you have no groceries left; every kid has something going on; you’re dog … Continue reading The Heifers ~ FB Post ~ March 4, 2016
Tough Cookie 