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Leanne W. Smith
Cracked bones & drain flies
As an author, I follow a few other author blogs--authors I admire and stand to learn from. This summer they've been on exotic vacations...
Leanne W. Smith
The stripes on people’s backs
My day job…my August-to-May job…is professor in a business college. This fall my husband and I will teach a Servant Leadership class, so...
Leanne W. Smith
Release day prayer
Many ask if releasing a book feels like having a baby. And it does, in many ways. You have the same kinds of hopes the new creation will...
Leanne W. Smith
Contradiction is a noun
An inconsistency. A paradox. A statement of a position opposite to one already made, according to my computer’s built-in dictionary....
Leanne W. Smith
The squirm-inducing topic of forgiveness
Today I’m blogging about forgiveness, a topic that makes me squirm. But since forgiveness is a major theme in my new inspirational...
Leanne W. Smith
Maytag: A Redemption Story
We were new to the town of Gainesboro—not a thriving metropolis; rather, a solid little town of salt-of-the-earth Middle Tennesseans...
Leanne W. Smith
Pools, Pride & Song Lyrics
I was twelve—a gangly pre-teen at the local pool. This pool had diving boards, one low to the ground, the other mid-high—maybe ten,...
Leanne W. Smith
Up and Down Goes the Heart
Last week I flew to Chicago for a conference. April is a busy month for educators, and this annual conference took place during the...
Leanne W. Smith
An Old Article...
Welcome to Throwback Thursday! I began professionally writing in the 90s with a newspaper column called “My Two Cents.” Thought you might...
Leanne W. Smith
For Just One Day
Welcome to Throwback Thursday! I began professionally writing in the 90s with a newspaper column called “My Two Cents.” Thought you might...
Leanne W. Smith
Story Behind the Mouse on the Clock
My father was officially diagnosed with dementia two summers ago. We knew he had it. The signs had been there, slowly revealing what we...
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