by Nicole Smithee | Sep 4, 2025 | Life, Motherhood
My daughter could spend all day playing if she could, and why not? It makes sense to live for playtime when you are 3 years old! I have learned as a parent to give her a head’s up when she needs to wrap up her play to do basic things like get ready for school, use the...
by Nicole Smithee | Aug 15, 2025 | Leadership, Life, Motherhood
I recently began reading 2 Chronicles in the Old Testament and was struck by a phrase the Lord says in the first chapter. Solomon, King David’s son, was newly anointed and reigning as the King of Israel. David was beloved by his people, a man after God’s heart, who...
by Nicole Smithee | Jun 24, 2025 | Life, Motherhood
The last few years have been full of change for me. I became a mother. And since then, the newborn I once nursed is now a preschooler who just performed in her first dance recital, is currently taking swim lessons and will soon start soccer ones. During that same...
by Nicole Smithee | Apr 2, 2025 | Leadership, Life, Motherhood
I love my husband. He’s my person, ya know? My best friend, my partner, my most trusted confidant, my lover, my steady rock, my leader, my biggest cheerleader. I know I’m biased here, but after seven and a half years of marriage together that has included a pandemic,...
by Nicole Smithee | Mar 12, 2025 | Leadership, Life, Motherhood
“Jesus, take the wheel.” I’ve definitely mumbled that prayer under my breath many times… especially when stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic with a hangry 2-year-old in the back seat crying inconsolably over the fact that our car is not, in fact, pink. It’s a prayer...
by Nicole Smithee | Feb 18, 2025 | Leadership, Life, Motherhood
As I write this, I am in the middle of packing for a 10-day trip, growing a new business, writing 2 messages for upcoming speaking engagements, responding to group chats, hunting down Paw Patrol Valentine’s Day cards for my daughter’s classmates, planning my mother’s...
