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May 29, 2010 | Mama Smith

To my parents...

...a happy, happy anniversary to you! I won’t write a sappy honorarium to how perfect our family is or how seamless your marriage may have been. But I will write about what it means to be a daughter in the family... Keep Reading...

May 20, 2010 | Mama Smith

moving forward

It’s been a pretty wild ride for our family this year. Some public loss – such as losing our baby at 9 weeks – and some more private. But through it all, it has been the year of learning to... Keep Reading...

March 26, 2010 | Mama Smith

the mystery of female friendships

It was so easy as a kid, right? You’d just grab some random girl’s hand, start running around the park, then next thing you know you were trading BFF necklaces and swearing you’d name your own children after each other. And... Keep Reading...

March 11, 2010 | Mama Smith

tucked away

The past two months, as one can imagine, have been a bit of a messy blur. Loss and sadness mixed with routine and changes – house selling, house purchasing, new exciting jobs for Matthew, a birthday for Levi, new school... Keep Reading...

February 18, 2010 | Mama Smith

a poem

Found on Molly Piper’s blog the other day. By Mr. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Resignation from The Seaside and the Fireside There is no flock, however watched and tended, But one dead lamb is there! There is no fireside, howsoe’er defended, But has one vacant chair! The air... Keep Reading...

February 10, 2010 | Mama Smith

our little minismith #3

For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you... Keep Reading...

January 21, 2010 | Mama Smith

our past month

As I was settling down for a quick nap before a pre-house-showing cleaning frenzy, I began thinking back over the past 30 days. Amazed and thankful for the ways Jesus has held on to my heart and sanity through a... Keep Reading...

January 8, 2010 | Mama Smith

screeech...

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January 1, 2010 | Mama Smith

Ring Out Wild Bells

Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky, The flying cloud, the frosty light; The year is dying in the night; Ring out wild bells and let him die. Ring out the old, ring in the new. Ring happy bells across the snow; The year... Keep Reading...

December 13, 2009 | Mama Smith

this is how we roll...

Smith Sick-House-style. So how does one survive 3 weeks of illness in a 1000 sq. ft. home with constant rain? This is how we do it. We danced…ALOT Thankfully, revival is breaking out at IHOP so we had lots of good dance material every... Keep Reading...

I am Amy Smith

Amy Smith and Family including Matthew, Brighton, and Levi

I’m a mother of two minismiths (with the third having beat us all to heaven, lucky duck), wife to Matthew, crazy-loved daughter of the King, and fervent believer in the healing power of bluegrass music.

We are once again beginning the journey to meet our sweet little minismith #3. Let the adoption laboring pangs begin!

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