HeyJaredTabitha Smiles
Sharing poetry & real-life experiences to empower women and remind them they’re not alone. Compassionate, resilient mom & professional breaking my silence at 50, embracing “little me,” and walking in God’s wholeness ✨
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- Sep 30, 2026
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LOOK AGAIN (opens the original)
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I glance in the mirror, it is rarely just that.I see her.I feel HER.I HEAR HER.The gap between then and now disappears.She’s right here.A truth I have carried in the darkest parts of me, one I have struggled to acknowledge or share outside of myself.I see my “mother.”The woman who hurt me.The one woman I never wanted to be like.And yet, I find her staring back at me.In the mirror. In a photograph.In the curve of my face, in an expression I didn’t know belonged to her until I recogn
Faith is Enough (opens the original)
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September is Suicide Prevention Month.I struggle with even saying these words in relation to my own story. There is still embarrassment and shame in admitting that I know this subject from the inside.There have been many times in my life when I didn’t want to be here anymore. When the pain of what I was going through or had been through became too loud. Times when I tried to make it stop.Yet, I am still here.I could find a way to make that into something beautiful and tell you exactly how God sa
Why Can’t We Do Better for Gods Children? (opens the original)
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Trigger warning ⚠️ child abuseShareToday was the sentencing in a heartbreaking child abuse case involving a six year old boy in my town. Even though charged with multiple counts the perpetrator was convic… Read more
A Perfect Stranger (opens the original)
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I love traveling and experiencing new adventures but I loath flying. I would rather spend 30 hours in a car to reach my destination. All of the normal fears come up for me with flying or so I think … Read more
Leaving What Could Never Become Home (opens the original)
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