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Want to know more about each episode each week? Want to read new stories about the topic? Each blog post continues the discuss about each topic, with different personal stories from Darisse.

Interviews From My Car

Alex is one of Devin's best friends. They are wild. They run around and play tennis baseball in the cul de sac. They enact Nerf warfare...

Darisse Smith

Sep 25, 20243 min read

Feeling Out of Place, But Still Belonging

Have you ever been invited to a party by a new friend? You know the friend, but you don't know anyone else at the party. The friend is...

Darisse Smith

Aug 29, 20243 min read

Life Decisions

I am here in Colorado with Jeff, Devin, my brother-in-law, Eric, his wife, Anna, and our 2 nephews, Khelan (13) and Shay (12). Shay and...

Darisse Smith

Jun 27, 20242 min read

Summer Summer Summer Time!

Episode 14: Summer Summer Summer Time Every summer, we camp at the beach with our best family friends, Karen, Dave and Felix Riesz. 6...

Darisse Smith

Jun 14, 20244 min read

Happy Birthday, and Many More, I Guess

Episode 13: Happy Birthdays I grew up in the 1980s, which was the prime time for slumber party birthday parties. Between the years of...

Darisse Smith

Jun 6, 20243 min read

Play Ball! Let the Water Bottles Clank

Episode 6: Play Ball When I was 15, I played travel softball for a Summer. Every weekend, my parents would load me and another player...

Darisse Smith

May 31, 20244 min read

Will You Be My Friend? Making Friends in Adulthood

Episode 5: Will You Be My Friend? Middle School friendships are fickle. It seemed like I had a new friend every year. During the 8th...

Darisse Smith

May 31, 20244 min read

The Worst Interview I Ever Had

Episode 4: What Do I Want To Be When I Grow Up? When I transitioned out of the Army, I was 29, and had never been on a formal interview...

Darisse Smith

May 30, 20246 min read

What Our Kids Can Tell Us About Bullies

Episode 3: Apple Chucking Imagine being just 3 months into your first year of Middle School, in the 6th grade. You are skinny, under 5...

Darisse Smith

May 29, 20243 min read

Your Cells Are Confused

Episode 2: Your Cells Are Confused This past winter, I decided to eschew snowboarding, a sport I had done for 15 years, and try to learn...

Darisse Smith

May 29, 20244 min read

To Think Like We Are 17

Episode 1: Nachos When I first stepped onto the Davidson College campus on a college visit when I was 17, I instantly fell in love. The...

Darisse Smith

May 29, 20244 min read

The Mental Load of Motherhood

Episode 11: The Mental Load of Motherhood I considered myself to be unflappable until I became a mother. When I became a mother, my...

Darisse Smith

May 28, 20243 min read

Our Hobbies Tell A Story

Episode 12: Our Hobbies Tell A Story When we moved to Southern California in 2014, we only knew a few people, and I didn't know any other...

Darisse Smith

May 28, 20244 min read