Laura Smith Writer

Author: mslauraasmith

  • Awareness Dawns; Hidden Doubts

    My journey to an ADHD diagnosis later in life…to be continued of course! “You are so sensitive, don’t you know it’s a joke?” “Why are you so sensitive?” “You are too sensitive…too quiet…” “Laura is such a quiet, polite young lady.” “She is a good student, conscientious, but too quiet.” As a child I was…

  • Snapshots: “Worn” Summer Dress

    Snapshots: “Worn” Summer Dress

    This piece was created as an example for my Contemporary Memoir class. The assignment, to create a “Worn” story based on the book and Netflix series, created by Emily Spivak. I found the picture in a folder of snapshots tucked away in the closet at my parent’s house. My mom was organizing mementos as she…

  • Poem of the Day

    Poem of the Day

    I have been writing a poem each day in my journal. Here is the first, from September of this year.

  • Road to the TCS NYC Marathon: Post Injury Blues

    Road to the TCS NYC Marathon: Post Injury Blues

    This feels like it is my most vulnerable post yet. I am not sure exactly why, but be gentle. I am currently recovering from an overuse injury, or maybe a series of overuse injuries which have forced me to back off my training. All summer I sat with the pain before finally succumbing after the…

  • Resistance

    Resistance

    Listening to the silent resistance – the heartbeat of our forgotten ancestors. I am wrapped in pink silk, my bare feet in lush grass, toes gripping – holding me to the earth, roots sink as my spine –rigid – connects to the voices of the past. My anger is metallic – Sharp and cold –…

  • Finding my Name

    Finding my Name

    I have asked for help! I could begin and end with that sentence, as it is a tiny miracle (or a small marvel). Lately I have been gathering material, ideas, and bits of writing to release into the world of the ever expanding internet. Where do I post? What style of writing should I focus…

  • Enough?

    Enough?

    Road to the 2026 TCS NYC Marathon Training for the 2026 TCS NYC Marathon has officially begun. This is a yearly happening for me, and has been since I first gained an entry via the lottery (an 11% chance!) in 2017. After that first experience running the five boroughs from Staten Island to Central Park,…

  • Dandelions

    Dandelions

    Fiction Introduction: I teach an elective Dystopian Literature class for seniors at the high school level. One of the assignments was to take a current event or issue and create a doom and gloom timeline, imagining that issue through a serious of steps towards a dystopian world. Students would complete the timeline and then write…