Horses. I can think of very few little girls I've ever known, including myself and My Girl, who aren't (or weren't) obsessed with horses. Even if they never rode, they collected horse figurines and read horse stories and drew horse pictures. I was lucky to ride often when I was younger and we made sure [...]
Author: Susan Wheeler Smith
I love Jesus, my family, and dark roast coffee with a bit of sugar and heavy cream. I live on a gorgeous lake in Southwest Virginia. I'm a bit on the sarcastic side with a whole lot of love and encouragement for women in every stage of life. I have a serious addiction to books, kitchen towels, and the Oxford comma. Welcome.
June 25, 2019.
Last week, the husband and I were at one of our favorite places to eat. He went up front to chat with the owner so when our server (also a favorite) came by we had a moment to chat. Somehow, we got around to the subject of age and aging. I think I had mentioned [...]
June 1, 2019. Reading/Book List.
Hey, Friends!It is a gorgeous Saturday here in Northern Virginia. I have spent a lot of time on the porch. But did manage to get some cleaning done. Totally off schedule with my cleaning, but that's cool, right? I wanted to share with you some of the things I am reading, studying, using in my [...]
May 25, 2019. Finding my niche.
Hey there friends. I’m doing some writing homework this morning and thought I would share a short bit of it with you. This writing thing…why am I doing it? What do I have to say? How do I say it? The why: I have always been “a writer.” Since I was a little girl. I [...]
May 24, 2019.
Good Morning, friends. I have a confession to make. I can be a teeny tiny judgmental. I’m just gonna leave that there for now and maybe swing back by to expand on that a bit. Or not. It’s Friday. I only know that because I took our oldest to the surgeon this morning and I [...]
Tuesday, May 14, 2019.
Mid-May and the high today is forecasted to be 60. I. am. LOVING IT. I'm sitting on the porch, it's currently 50 fun-lovin-degrees, and my coffee is hot. So. This whole writing thing. Whose idea was it anyway? It is hard, man. H-A-R-D. Not the words. I've got tons of words. It's the discipline of [...]
Monday. May 6, 2019.
Oh hey, Monday. It’s me again. Thanks for being the unofficial start over. It’s not that I was that off track… just wanting to do better this week than last. ‘Cuz that’s the point, right? Working towards that goal. Eating food that is medicine. Moving my body so I can keep moving as those grands [...]
May 1, 2019.
Who do you want to be? A question my life coach has asked me several times over the last year and a half. She's a friend first, by the way. She puts on her life coach hat as needed, for which I am always grateful. We all need someone in our life who is that [...]
April 23, 2019.
I am currently in the midst of the worst fibromyalgia flare-up to date. They usually occur after a time of great stress...when, in the midst of a stressful time, I stop taking care of me. I eat the wrong things. Drink too much caffeine. Have an extra glass of wine at night hoping it will [...]
Rejection: knowing you are loved.
Recently I have gone on extended lunch dates with several long-time friends, and one of the topics that kept coming up was feeling rejected and subsequently unloved, or at least loved less. Less loved? Either way, it got me thinking, and I realized that although I am more of an introvert, content to be by [...]
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