February 17, 2020 - Posted by Suzy Pietras-Smith- 1 Comment
What is the opposite of a crisis of faith? An abundance? A surfeit? I mean I am heading in an entirely different direction in my faith. For years I have had none. My faith in an omnipotent being was gone. Believing in God was always a part of me and then I got cancer at […]
December 1, 2019 - Posted by Suzy Pietras-Smith- 2 Comments
Today was a long workday for me. I got to cover the anniversary gospel sing of a local group Burkett Lyburn and the All Together Singers. Now, anyone who knows me knows me knows I am not a religious person. However, this is one of my favorite events to cover every year. Burkett is an […]
June 14, 2019 - Posted by Suzy Pietras-Smith- 1 Comment
Big long introspective post ahead, fair warning. I have dubbed this year my “year of doing shit that scares me.” Starting last summer (well, really the year before, but more intensely last summer) I started putting myself out there. In my relationships, my friendships, my whole damn life. I quit doing so many things I […]
December 10, 2018 - Posted by Suzy Pietras-Smith- 1 Comment
I have been open about my struggle with depression recently. I have openly talked about dealing with depression throughout my adult life. It is tough, some days are worse than others, but I keep fighting through it. The last couple months have been some of the toughest depression wise. It has been weighing on me. […]
December 4, 2018 - Posted by Suzy Pietras-Smith- 2 Comments
In figuring out the next of my tattoos I got to thinking about how I want a piece of the lyrics from “A Long Time Ago” by Jim Croce as part of them. Tony has “…in the gold of morning” engraved on the inside of his wedding band so that will be the portion inscribed […]