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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
- 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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