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    "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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    In Her Corner
    Jaime Pollard-Smith
    • Jun 10, 2020
    • 5 min

    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
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    A Place of Love
    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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    It Would Not Happen To My Son
    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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    Time Traveler
    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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    When Words Disappear
    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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    Happy Mother(ing) Day
    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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    Life Lessons from Lady Bird and Lila
    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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    Mother is a Verb
    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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    Pros and Cons
    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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    My Daughter Sees Me
    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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    Those Were the Easy Days
    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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    No, You Sign MY Sign Up Genius
    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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    She Knows and Loves Herself
    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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