Beverly Smith
With three adult kids and two preschool grandkids, Beverly stays busy keeping up with her family and loves it. She likes to learn new things, be outdoors, and travel. You can frequently find her running with her dog Jack, reading a good book, or watching movies, crime dramas, and Auburn football. She met her husband Kent at Troy University and they moved to Auburn one month after they were married. Originally a Medical Technologist, she obtained a second degree from Auburn University's School of Education and taught Physical Science and Biology at Opelika High School until she decided to become a full time mom. If you ask her what she wants to be when she grows up, she'll say, "A writer for children." She has written preschool activities curriculum and is currently writing middle grade fiction.
I’m Fine How Are You?
Growing up southern, I learned that when someone asks, "How are you?" the expected reply is, "I'm fine how are you?" You aren't supposed to think about it, it's just what you say.
A friend...
Reset “Recalculating…” When things don’t go as planned
The Youngest and I flew into Boston with a team from our church on a mission trip to do sports camps in New Hampshire several years ago. Our team leader took his GPS to...
Writing a Letter Costs Only A Stamp so “My Baby Just Wrote Me A...
Christmas of my junior year in college, I received a gift from my parents, a phone for my dorm room. Prior to that, any calls I got were on the pay phone down the...
But Then COVID
I'm a former teacher. I'd planned to write this post about students returning to school, or learning styles, or how to help your kids if they have to do Zoom classes. But then COVID.
I...
The Blessing
"Because of her love for Kent, Beverly gives herself. Her mother and I give our blessing." After walking me down the aisle at our wedding, these were my dad's words as he placed my...
Dad, You Did Some Things Right and I Appreciate That
My dad, like all dads, has had a huge impact on me. He hasn't always done as I would have hoped, but he gave me a good start in life, and reminiscing on my...
10 of My #momfails; The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
I have a text thread on my phone I have affectionately named "The Offspring." Somewhere in the recesses of my quarantine-muddled brain I came up with the idea of using it to ask them...
#togetherapart
Thursday, March 12th, I made my usual biweekly trip to the grocery store. We didn't need much, so I was glad the bill was lower than usual. And then, suddenly, our part of the...
How Does Your Garden Grow?
“Corn, corn, nothing but corn.” In the movie Secondhand Lions, fourteen year old Walter Caldwell’s two eccentric uncles, Hub and Garth McCann, take up gardening. Garth buys vegetable seed packets from a traveling salesman...
It’s Time To Get Moving!
When the oldest was ten, we started reading The Hobbit aloud as a family. She listened enraptured, savoring every word. The middle one liked it as well. I remember the youngest, then five, doing...