Susan Wheeler Smith

I love words. Yuletide is just a cool. word. It has a Germanic origin. The people on my mom's side of the family are German-Swiss so I loved the connection there. I googled the word and clicked on the Merriam-Webster link for the definition. It is sad that I got tons more info about Yuletide [...]

Again the Lord spoke to Ahaz,  “Ask the Lord your God for a sign, whether in the deepest depths or in the highest heights.” (Isaiah 7:10, 11)Sometimes I wish I had it. The kind of x-ray vision that sees into people's thoughts and heart. And the future. And God's plan.I cringed as I typed that [...]

I am finally feeling less overwhelmed and less stressed. I believe it is because I took some time to pray, reflect, reevaluate, and listen. So here are some things I figured out. Shockingly, I'm thinking a list form is appropriate::: My quiet time had really been cut down to a quiet five minutes. It always [...]

I'm just going to put it out there: I hate when someone says to me, HAPPY HOLIDAYS. I never used to hate it. In fact, I've said it many a time. It's all encompassing...all of the Holiday's being united under one umbrella. But one day, while shopping in a large department store, the cashier said, [...]

I've been taking stock of my joy the last week or so.As a rule, I tend to focus on what I don't have and what's not right in my life rather than what I do have and what's great in my life. My Man has always been the optimistic and me...not so much.But that is [...]

day starting with little sleep during the nightwaking up to check my iPhone very, very earlyto see a text from a sweet girl I missand a facebook post by my momma that makes me crymyself back to sleepwaking up in time to jump up, run into the Wild Boy's room and scream"CLASS STARTS IN 20 [...]

My one dedicated reader, who refers to herself as The Peanut Gallery, put a note in the blog suggestion box regarding tattoos. I think it's a good subject to discuss. Now that I have one, I think I can speak semi-intelligently on the subject. You are probably not going to agree with me.Which is totally [...]

It's not just an attitude, it's a nickname.Mine, to be exact. *I have no idea why anyone would think this was an appropriate nickname for moi*It's also a word The Wild Boy uses regularly. Usually describing me, His Princess or my bff, Kristy. It's probably cheeky and if he wasn't the third child, aka The [...]

Thanksgiving. It's this week. Crazy. Where has 2012 gone? For all that I've been playing Christmas music since October, the Holiday's have arrived too quickly. Make time stop!What better way to celebrate Thanksgiving week than with a list.1. I am loving the new fireplace. It has glowing embers spilling out from the grate. The logs [...]

My visual view for my Quiet Time changed this week. And next week will change again when Russell takes down Tom and puts up lights around the back deck.I wish I could say that my internal view hasn't been changed.But it has.I have a really hard time being still. And my ability to be still [...]