Jaime Pollard-Smith
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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"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 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
- Apr 30, 2018
- 4 min
She's The Ann To My Lucy
My best friend is from Mars, and I am from Venus. We compliment each other really well, but I have also threatened to take us to marital...
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Jaime Pollard-Smith
- Apr 23, 2018
- 3 min
Turning Arrows Into Flowers
“I'm not a body with a soul, I'm a soul that has a visible part called the body.” ― Paulo Coelho, "Eleven Minutes" I spend a large part...
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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...
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Jaime Pollard-Smith
- Apr 9, 2018
- 2 min
Sensoria is for Everyone!
“What starves pain, what forces it to release its grip, is speech, the voice upon which rides the story, this is what happened; this is...
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Jaime Pollard-Smith
- Apr 2, 2018
- 5 min
On Aging (Wildly)
I have no desire to age gracefully. I plan to age wildly. I wrote the "On Aging" post about year ago. The message is still the same...
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Jaime Pollard-Smith
- Mar 26, 2018
- 4 min
Love Yo Self
“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.” – Buddha I declared February to be Love...
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Jaime Pollard-Smith
- Mar 19, 2018
- 4 min
Making It Right
“She didn’t know how to fix herself….” -Bryn Chancellor, Sycamore I love the idea that we find in a book what we need to see or hear at...
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Jaime Pollard-Smith
- Mar 12, 2018
- 1 min
Fresh Ink
I took Mom to her final cognitive evaluation on June 4, 2015. After a certain point in the progression of the disease, it became...
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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
- Feb 26, 2018
- 4 min
If I Could Be Oprah For A Day
Do you remember when Oprah used to do her free car giveaway? For one of her shows, every single unsuspecting audience member received a...
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Jaime Pollard-Smith
- Feb 19, 2018
- 3 min
Becoming
“At some point you have to start becoming something. You can’t just unbecome into nothing.” One of my coworkers and friends is a...
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Jaime Pollard-Smith
- Feb 12, 2018
- 3 min
Make New Friends And Keep The Old
They say that the relationship we have with ourselves sets the tone for every other relationship we have in our lives. Gulp. My inner...
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Jaime Pollard-Smith
- Feb 5, 2018
- 4 min
Cry Me a River
“...you know that a good, long session of weeping can often make you feel better, even if your circumstances have not changed one bit.” ―...
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Jaime Pollard-Smith
- Jan 29, 2018
- 4 min
Not Simply Southern
“Southerners love a good tale. They are born reciters, great memory retainers, diary keepers, letter exchangers . . . great talkers.” ―...
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Jaime Pollard-Smith
- Jan 22, 2018
- 3 min
Wholehearted Yes
“I’m going to practice saying yes more this year.” “SHUT UP!” “Oy! That’s a TERRIBLE idea.” These were the heartfelt responses from my...
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Jaime Pollard-Smith
- Jan 15, 2018
- 3 min
The Rest is Herstory
“Until a lion learns how to write, every story will glorify the hunter.” -African Proverb I begin every semester by teaching narrative...
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Jaime Pollard-Smith
- Jan 8, 2018
- 3 min
Creating the Intangible
“What we focus on expands.” -Danielle LaPorte We are surrounded by talk of resolutions this time of year. Crisp, new calendars are bright...
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Jaime Pollard-Smith
- Jan 1, 2018
- 2 min
Souvenirs from Hibernation
“It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.” -E.E. Cummings “Accepting oneself does not preclude an attempt to become...
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