It’s been over a year since I’ve written anything other than a letter or an email. Four years of writing and two years of freelance editing came to a jarring halt. I struggle with lack focus in general, but when I get locked into a pursuit the contrary happens. I become doggedly hyper-focused in my…
When Valentine’s Day is Hard, and You Need a Sign
I took some deep breaths, and willed myself to believe that today was no big deal. I would be fine. Really.
The Cult Years – Deception
How could I not have known? How could I not see what I was getting into? How could I have been so foolish?
My Breast Lump – a Gift in Disguise
Father, what do I do? What comes next? How do I make the most of the days that I have left?
Toilet Paper, God, and My One-Year Experiment
I didn’t breathe a word about my prayer to anyone else…and the toilet paper started rolling in.
That Time I Was Nearly Eaten By a Black Man
…before this episode with my grandpa I had no reason to notice or fear someone because they had a different color skin than me.
The Night I Knew My Daughter Was Dying
Her little head looked huge on her gaunt body. She had been extra tired for the last few days.
The Mad Dash, the Prayer, and the Kiss of a Lifetime (Online Dating Pt. 3
“Maybe you should just kiss me right away and get it over with. Then we won’t have to spend a whole date worrying about it,” I blurted out. There was silence on the other end of the phone; a really long silence.
A Milestone of Magnitude – An Adoption Story
When I was a little girl, God planted a two-fold dream in my heart. I wanted to have a lot of kids…
The Paragraph That Changed My Life (Online Dating Pt. 2)
Can one small paragraph change somebody’s life? It did mine!
What’s a Single Gal to Do? Online Dating, of Course! (Online Dating Pt. 1)
Do you ever feel like it’s time to shake things up? I did.
Yolanda Smith, Writer and Editor 