Anyone who has ever traveled will tell you that if you want to experience a place in its natural state, visit the destination that tourists…
Vikkilynn SmithAugust 1, 2024
As Christmas rounds the corner, I look about me and realize that there are those of us that relish holiday traditions and those that do…
Vikkilynn SmithDecember 24, 2023
In everyone's life, there comes a time when reflection brings enlightenment. Sometimes, this enlightenment highlights events in our lives that we wish had never happened…
Vikkilynn SmithNovember 22, 2023
I said goodbye to my husband and watched him head to his airline as I headed back to my car. At 4:30 am, I was…
Vikkilynn SmithNovember 15, 2023
I live in a bedroom community in the fifth largest city in America, Phoenix. Urban sprawl is an understatement here as houses rise out of…
Vikkilynn SmithNovember 10, 2023
Last night, as I watched the news, I heard a young man from Cornell University state what I have been saying for several years, "Why…
Vikkilynn SmithNovember 3, 2023
If you asks anyone who knows us, they will tell you that my husband and I enjoy hosting friends and family in our home. When…
Vikkilynn SmithOctober 26, 2023
The undeniable vibration from the floor shook the core of everyone in the room, as the roar of the engine penetrated the ears of bystanders…
Vikkilynn SmithFebruary 15, 2023
Anyone who has ever hiked in the wild knows, that what appears to be close, is in fact, a great distance. I reminded myself of…
Vikkilynn SmithJanuary 25, 2023