Blog - Tracy M. Smith

26 Apr

To Pray Or Not

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To pray or not to pray, that is the question. It’s a question I have grappled with since I became a believer in Jesus. In “Choosing Life,” I told you about my dysfunctional family. I may have been the scapegoat, but the destructive force in our lives was my father. It was in my mid-twenties that I decided to believe that Jesus was real and that He was my only hope. My first prayer for my father was that he…..

18 Apr

Cover Up

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Ladies, please do not get angry at me. I am one of you. I truly believe that every woman should have all the power she needs to be who she wants to be, do what she wants to do, and wear what she wants to wear without negative consequences. But this is the real world, and there are lots of evil people everywhere seeking to exploit every opportunity that comes their way. I just watched a TV show in which…..

12 Apr

Fashionista

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I am not a fashionista. My style is strictly classic, with a twist. Fads and fashions come and go, but classic is always in style. I do have the classic wool blazer, but it is bright red. Years ago, I found the perfect shirt. It is a good quality long sleeve camp shirt with two pockets on the front. I can roll up the sleeves to make it a three-quarter length, perfect with slacks or jeans. So I bought over…..

04 Apr

Blabbermouth

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That’s me. I am a blabbermouth. But, the only secrets I share are my own. In “Choosing Life,” I told you that it was not a tell-all book. I told only enough to paint a picture, only enough to show desperation, only enough to show that my path was on a downward spiral. And then God stepped in and turned my story upside-down. My hope is that someone will be encouraged by my story. At the time, I felt that…..

27 Mar

No Roses

trsmith Allergies, Blog, Book, Death, family members, God, Heart, Loss, Parenting, Perfume, Rejection, Tragedy 2 1

In “Choosing Life,” I told you that I am allergic to roses. When I heard the song “I Never Promised You A Rose Garden,” I was thrilled. Nothing would be more deadly to me that a rose garden. Bottom line: Never be allergic to something that everybody loves. On the news today, the lead story was a German airliner that crashed into the Alps. The father of one of the young people killed in the crash said to the other…..

16 Mar

Kick It

trsmith Bankruptcy, Blog, Challenges, Economics, Government, Politics, Responsibility, Service, Troubles 2 2

“Kick It” is only half of the phrase “Kick it down the road.” I remember hearing a statement that some people look at a difficult situation as a problem. Others view it as an opportunity. Perhaps the people who view each every roadblock as a problem are the ones who invented the practice of “kicking it down the road.” They either hope it will go away or that someone else will deal with it. The Bible says that man is born…..

21 Feb

I See You

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I am a natural born spectator. In “Choosing Life,” I told you that I was born with asthma. Athletics was out of the question, but, early on, I enjoyed watching others. I especially liked watching the boys throw a baseball. It was pure poetry. This carried into my adult life where I enjoyed watching men throw a baseball. It’s a beautiful thing to watch, the graceful throw and the amazing catch. Pure perfection in action. Singing is not my gift…..

15 Feb

PULL

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Happy Valentine’s Day to my husband, George, the love of my life. I had to wait 20 years for him. In “Choosing Life” I tell the story of falling in love only to have my family drive us apart. We went twenty years without seeing each other. That was hard, because his sister, Pearl, and I were close friends before I met George, and we remained close friends after George and I broke up. Then, twenty years later, Pearl invited…..

06 Feb

The Big Lie

trsmith Agenda, Blog, Character, Commandments, Control, Freedom, Government, Lying, Media 0 0

Brian Williams was just caught lying about being attacked in a helicopter in a war zone. Dan Rather was caught in a lie trying to influence the outcome of an election. “What difference does it make?” Our government is a republic, not a democracy. We elect people to represent us in our government. In order to elect people who will represent us as we want them to represent us, and not according to their own personal agendas, the voting public…..

25 Jan

A Yes Face

trsmith Blog, Book, Character, family members, Freedim, Government, Kindness, Lying, Patriotism, Traditions, Truth 3 1

During the Revolutionary War, the American army was crossing a river on horseback. A man was standing close to the crossing, watching the soldiers cross. When General Washington was about to cross, the man approached him and asked him for a ride across the river. Washington agreed, and the man mounted the horse behind Washington. Half way across the river, Washington asked the man why he waited for him and why he asked him and not the other soldiers. The…..

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