Laura Smith Writer

Category: Nonfiction

  • Looking at Myself

    Today is a day of remembrance for all who died on September 11, ten years ago. I wonder though, if we could remember all who have died, period. Yes, violence was directed at us, but what about those we kill? Are they somehow not worthy of our prayers and love? What about the millions of…

  • Fly…no wait, come back

    I delivered my son safely to college this past Thursday and immediately plunged into an uncomfortable emotional experience. There is a phenomenon out there known by psychologists as empty nest syndrome. It is not actually an illness, but rather a certain set of feelings that accompany this transition period. Where once one’s life is consumed…

  • Ok so…

    life is going to unravel exactly the way it is supposed to…God will handle it, without my hand reaching into the cookie jar. So why not just allow it? Why is it so scary to actually turn my will and life over to my Creator? Am I really that arrogant as to think that I…

  • The Eyes Have It

    The other day I day I drove past a hiker who had just emerged from a segment of the Appalachian Trail. For the briefest of moments I caught his eye, or he caught mine. I will never see this gentleman again, I don’t even remember what he looked like, but I do remember connecting with…

  • A Dog's Life

    The Partnership for Animal Welfare defined temperament as “the general attitude a dog displays towards people and other animals; it is the combined inherited and acquired physical and mental traits that influence the dog’s behavior.” Temperament is hereditary, but behavior is the result of the upbringing and external situations in which the dog was exposed.…

  • How Can I Serve God?

    The actual process of looking for a “job”  in a way  severs the connection with my God. I am seeking a way to make money, to gain a reward and when I think of it in these terms I lose track of the real reason why I need to work. I need to serve God.…

  • That where there is despair, I may bring hope, part 2

    Warning, this is a rant and only a rant, you have the right to stop reading, if you choose to keep reading you will be responsible for your own reactions. The facts: I am between school and gainful employment. I have been actively looking for a job and receiving rejection after rejection. I have not paid my…

  • That where there is despair, I may bring hope

    This is my third time sitting to write this post. Blogger has decided to edit my writing, in its entirety. Maybe this happens for a reason, the original post was about an experience I had being tailgated this morning, the fear that came up and my reactions to that fear. I have power over my…