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Jennifer Widemire Smith
- Oct 30, 2019
- 6 min
Right-vs-Left, -vs-Wrong, -vs-Car...
In the midst of exercising patience as my kids pushed my nerves to the edge and beyond I realized I was up against the big D once again...
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Jennifer Widemire Smith
- Aug 25, 2019
- 17 min
A Time To Serve
Jefferies scanned his sector looking for signs of movement. A curtain pulled back. Livestock rattled by an unfamiliar presence...
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Jennifer Widemire Smith
- May 24, 2019
- 6 min
The Memorization Hack
“Landon, I want you to do this assignment.” I handed him his black history month project sheet. He read the requirements, his mouth gapin...
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Jennifer Widemire Smith
- May 24, 2019
- 10 min
The Journey of Learning Part One
Dyslexia Does Not Limit Ability On Landon's first field trip day In kindergarten Mrs C told the class "Get out your notebooks. Write a sh...
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Jennifer Widemire Smith
- May 20, 2019
- 8 min
The Power of "I Am Dyslexic"
Declaring the words, “I am dyslexic” is not a self defeating, self limiting, or self hating label. It is no different than saying, “I am ...
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Jennifer Widemire Smith
- Apr 26, 2019
- 21 min
Walk, Rock, Root, and Other Four Letter Words
Josh and I snuck away for a romantic 4 day getaway on a beautiful mountain in South Carolina, and then proceeded to go walking for 24 hou...
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Jennifer Widemire Smith
- Dec 10, 2018
- 10 min
The Determination to Overcome
A year in a half ago my husband came home from work and said 14 words that changed our whole world, “The pharmacy is closing. I will be o...
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Jennifer Widemire Smith
- Sep 26, 2018
- 2 min
Teacher, Warrior, Mountain Climber
Teachers do not lay in bed awake at night worrying themselves sick over the students making A's in their classroom. They lay awake at nig...
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Jennifer Widemire Smith
- Sep 20, 2018
- 6 min
Meltdowns, Stuttering, and Invisable Walls
I have two children, 7.5 and almost 9 who are dyslexic. I am dyslexic as well. Now I didn’t know I was dyslexic until my son was diagnose...
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Jennifer Widemire Smith
- Sep 15, 2018
- 17 min
Anxiety—The Rope That Hangs Itself, With Me In It
There is nothing easy about being an adult dyslexic in the world of non dyslexics. You walk into invisible walls constantly. Many friends...
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Jennifer Widemire Smith
- Jul 25, 2018
- 5 min
The Twenty Minute Rule
School starts for us in two weeks. We've gotten all our uniforms and supplies bought early. I’ve washed the backpacks. Wiped clean the lu...
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Jennifer Widemire Smith
- May 26, 2018
- 9 min
The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday
At the beginning of the school year, Landon’s second grade teacher asked the class to write down three sentences about themselves. I was ...
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Jennifer Widemire Smith
- Mar 18, 2018
- 11 min
Baseball, Pink, & The Midline
During the baseball fall season we enrolled Lyla to play. Fall ball typically has a different set of kids, the season is shorter, more re...
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Jennifer Widemire Smith
- Feb 21, 2018
- 7 min
The Assignment Is Simple. The task...
What is it like to be dyslexic in a typical elementary school? What is it like to have a teacher who doesn’t understand what’s happening ...
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Jennifer Widemire Smith
- Feb 10, 2018
- 7 min
Say Dyslexia
A while I ago, I ran into my university art history professor, Dr. Bob. It had been ten years since I’d studied with him. He was one of m...
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Jennifer Widemire Smith
- Jan 28, 2018
- 5 min
Not All Rules Apply
Rules for dyslexics are different…Each dyslexic I’ve met is unique in how they struggle, but one fairly universal concept keeps coming up...
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Jennifer Widemire Smith
- Jan 6, 2018
- 4 min
This is Brave This is Bruised
This week I started thinking and planning how to transition my dyslexic kids from Christmas break to school routine again before that dre...
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