Tag: life

  • After Everyone Leaves…Thanksgiving Edition.

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    Susan Wheeler Smith

    Reflections from a Smith Mountain Lake Porch. – part 5. Disclaimer: I am not writing this on the porch. Although it is sunny and the wind has finally died down, it is 30 degrees out there. Brr. The kids all headed out around 10:30 this morning, thirty minutes ago. Russell and I stood in the…

  • Life Update – October 2025.

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    Susan Wheeler Smith

    Don’t you hate it when you’re preparing the spare room for weekend guests, then suddenly you’re being transported from your small-town hospital to a regional hospital, with a possible further transfer to UVA? While moving copper pieces to their rightful place around the fireplace, I stood up and suddenly felt lightheaded. I also noticed a…

  • When God Throws You a Curveball and You Hit it Out of the Park.

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    Susan Wheeler Smith

    God has thrown me a bit of a curveball and I’m kind of laughing about it this morning. I laugh because it has taken me a while to realize it is a new direction, even as I have been walking the new path He laid out in front of me. I’ve always been a bigger…

  • July 2023.

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    Susan Wheeler Smith

    We have had a busy summer.

  • Staying at Dad’s House.

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    Susan Wheeler Smith

    I’m staying at Dad’s house for a week in town (what we call the big city of Roanoke since we live in a small town). I haven’t stayed at Dad and Mom’s house in a few years. Mom has been gone for 18 months now and I’m still not used to the quiet her absence…

  • Piercings and Tattoo Parlors.

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    Susan Wheeler Smith

    I decided to get my ears pierced. The second hole, and the third. Sarah and I went over to Springfield Town Center (for all you Springfield, VA natives, formerly known as Springfield Mall.) I knew that Claire’s was a cheap fairly clean place I could get my ears done but did I really want, as…

  • August 6, 2019.

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    Susan Wheeler Smith

    Hey Friends. This has been my view for a week or so now. I’ve been working on websites, organizing my life, journaling, and eating Oui yogurt. (TMI but the dairy is killing me, so this is the last one for a while.) That’s my life right now, so nice chatting with you okay bye. I…

  • May 24, 2019.

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    Susan Wheeler Smith

    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.

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    Susan Wheeler Smith

    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…

  • Just a few Life Lessons.

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    Susan Wheeler Smith

    On the porch this morning, I stared at the blank pages of my journal. Tons of thoughts swirling around in my head, none of them coherent enough to put on paper. It’s been like this for months. Like a drain clogged with frustration, anger, questions. Searching for the peace that passes all understanding and finding…