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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
- Apr 6, 2020
- 3 min
Love Thy Neighbor
Mother Teresa said if you want to change the world, go home and love your family. Yes, let’s go home to love our family, and let’s stay home
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Jaime Pollard-Smith
- Apr 16, 2018
- 2 min
Lockdown
“Don’t worry, Mom, my school has a great lockdown plan. We have practiced.” I wish these conversations didn’t happen but they do. My twel...
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Jaime Pollard-Smith
- Nov 20, 2017
- 3 min
Blue AND Pink (Not Or)
Let it be pink. Let it be pink. Let it be pink. I had taken a silly Facebook quiz - “The Left or Right Brain Test.” Intentionally, I have...
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Jaime Pollard-Smith
- Oct 16, 2017
- 3 min
We All Need Some Home
She cried out home. I need me some home. Oh, I need some home. -Johnnyswim, “Home” Do you remember when we were kids and home base was ...
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Jaime Pollard-Smith
- Apr 10, 2017
- 4 min
Change the Weather
“WE CAN CHANGE THE WEATHER IN OUR FLAT!” My husband does not even flinch when I burst into his office with a grand idea or revelation. I ...
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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
- Jan 30, 2017
- 4 min
My Life is a Piece of Cake
That could have been me. I just can’t shake the idea that due to incredible luck beyond my control, I was born in the right place at the rig
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Jaime Pollard-Smith
- Jan 2, 2017
- 5 min
Simplifying in '17
“The trouble with simple living is that, though it can be joyful, rich, and creative, it isn’t simple.” -Doris Janzen Longacre We just to...
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