Jaime Pollard-Smith
In Her Corner
In Her Corner will be a space where other voices can “come home” to share their story. It will be a soft place to land where listeners gathe
"Maybe the journey isn't so much about becoming anything. Maybe it's about unbecoming everything that isn't really you so you can be who you were meant to be in the first place." - Unknown
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Jaime Pollard-Smith
- May 27, 2020
- 2 min
A Place of Love
This statement has become part of my mantra for the past month. It is a quick test to gauge my intentions. Spending more time in close proxi
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Jaime Pollard-Smith
- May 13, 2020
- 3 min
It Would Not Happen To My Son
It might not happen to my son, but it happened to her son.
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Jaime Pollard-Smith
- Apr 29, 2020
- 3 min
Time Traveler
Traveling backwards lets me control the narrative— my take on the storyline. This very control is what I am practicing releasing on a daily
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Jaime Pollard-Smith
- Feb 26, 2020
- 3 min
When Words Disappear
This is not the autism we have come to expect on sitcoms, the socially awkward child who knows an unusual amount of facts about sea animals.
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Jaime Pollard-Smith
- May 14, 2018
- 3 min
Happy Mother(ing) Day
This past Sunday I felt more like a daughter than a mother. And when I looked at my husband, he didn’t look like a father; he looked...
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Jaime Pollard-Smith
- May 7, 2018
- 3 min
Life Lessons from Lady Bird and Lila
This past week, I showed Greta Gerwig’s coming of age dramedy “Lady Bird” for my college film club. Faculty and students were able to...
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Jaime Pollard-Smith
- Mar 5, 2018
- 2 min
Mother is a Verb
“You have always been an example of strength to your friends. I say all this to say I love you so much, and I am so proud of you.” -email...
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Jaime Pollard-Smith
- May 8, 2017
- 3 min
Pros and Cons
There in that moment she sat as a nine year old girl filled with wonder and dreams, completely absorbed in the bounty of my leftover lunch.
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Jaime Pollard-Smith
- Apr 3, 2017
- 5 min
My Daughter Sees Me
There was the time that my daughter used writing to breathe new life into me. On this day, I realized my nine year old had seen me, the real
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Jaime Pollard-Smith
- Mar 13, 2017
- 5 min
Those Were the Easy Days
It is easy for me to look at my early devotion as a mother and think I was “better” back then. If my kids slept, ate, and had on clean cloth
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Jaime Pollard-Smith
- Dec 13, 2016
- 2 min
No, You Sign MY Sign Up Genius
"I'd like to be the ideal mother, but I'm too busy raising my kids." - Unknown I am about one sign up genius away from losing my....mind....
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Jaime Pollard-Smith
- Nov 22, 2016
- 4 min
She Knows and Loves Herself
“You may give them your love but not your thoughts, For they have their own thoughts.You may house their bodies but not their souls,For...
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