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A Shaggy Dog Story About Finding the Best in People

From strangers to teammates: the magic of common purpose

5 min readOct 10, 2021

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Do It Yourself. Seriously. Don’t Ask Me.

Confessions of an incompetent homeowner

5 min readSep 2, 2021

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What If You’re Wrong About Everything?

The value of examining your core beliefs regularly

8 min readOct 6, 2020

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Why We Need to Accept Inflation and Other Bad Stuff

Somewhere along the line, we forgot that tragedies are actually…tragic

5 min readOct 18, 2022

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Dogs just want to be near their people; cats are all about the stuff.

Ever since Otis decided to move in, I’ve studied him as one would an alien. Cats ARE aliens. Pretty sure.

1 min readJan 23, 2022

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Psst: God Isn’t on Facebook

But thanks for typing out that prayer???

4 min readJan 12, 2022

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The Last Tuition Payment…Ever

Excuse me while I cartwheel across the family room

4 min readDec 17, 2021

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If My Kids Didn’t Visit, How Would I Know How Wrong I Am?

Learning from Generation Right

4 min readNov 29, 2021

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Possible Explanations for the Things That Have Fallen on Me Since Mom Died

What is she trying to tell me?

6 min readNov 8, 2021

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Spotting an Abuser

Once you’ve lived with one, you recognize them immediately

6 min readOct 20, 2021

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Tina L. Smith

Tina L. Smith

Writer, humorist, animal lover, lifelong language geek (er, I proofread for fun). I write on diverse topics that catch my fancy. Everything but haiku(tm). [she]

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