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When You Met Me
I remember when you met your man. You were genuinely so happy, the happiest I’d seen you in years. It was adorable to watch you fall for...
ChelsieJo Smith
Sep 183 min read


My Rare Brain Disease and Me
“….we need to stay on top of this, if it worsens you can permanently lose your vision….” His lips keep moving but all I hear is the...
ChelsieJo Smith
May 144 min read


The Cost
My days look like waiting rooms. We talk about the literal cost so often we fail to see the other ways being chronically ill and disabled...
ChelsieJo Smith
May 12 min read


Love
For the longest stretch in my life, I believed it a dream obtainable to everyone but myself. It would exist in art, in friendships,...
ChelsieJo Smith
Apr 102 min read


You decided to live, now what?
“You decided to live, now what?” No seriously…. Congrats! You didn’t commit to the bit, but what the FUCK happens now?! I did not plan to...
ChelsieJo Smith
Mar 32 min read


LIFE, THE ULTIMATE DIY PROJECT
Life is a group project and unfortunately, only some of us did the work. Life is a group project and unfortunately, only some of us did...
ChelsieJo Smith
Jan 2014 min read


Wake Up
Originally posted May 27th 2021 Seven years ago, I was in an acting class and the instructor gave me a spoken word assignment. I didn’t...
ChelsieJo Smith
Dec 10, 20242 min read
Year 2174
In high school I had an English Teacher give all their classes an assignment, write a letter to your future self. Sounds simple enough,...
ChelsieJo Smith
Oct 21, 20243 min read


26 Years
Change is hard for me. I spent 26 years in this house. I grew up with the kids in the neighborhood, and stayed long after they left. My...
ChelsieJo Smith
May 29, 20202 min read


Innocent Youth
10/12/14 There was a time when my neighbors and I kept out windows open on those hot summer nights. Children used to laugh here, a sound...
ChelsieJo Smith
May 18, 20201 min read
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