My Family of Women

As I listen to the fire alarm blare in my ear, because my "step"daughter burnt something in the kitchen, I thought to myself how awesome my kids are and how they are mine. I have never seen my kids as "step" children or "that's my wife's kids". These kids are mine. Sometimes I forget I didn't change their diapers or have them sleep on my chest as I have with the other four but by no means are they any less mine. Phee has a sweetness that I have and Moriah has the bluntness I have too lol. It was suggested to me that I talk about what it was like to have a blended household. So today I will try to explain it from my point of view and maybe I can convince my wife to explain her point of view in a later post. Personally I hate the phrase "stepchild". It seems so unfeeling or unwanted. When I married my wife I married Moriah and Phee. There are things that you do have to deal with in a blended family like, the other parent, maybe seeing...

I wasn't gonna write anything today because I was gonna interview my two eldest daughters. As you can tell that didn't work out. So I got to thinking about rain and how it is used in metaphors. Can you stand the rain. Love on me like rain. Let the blessings come down like rain. He is so skinny he can dodge the rain. So on and so on. For me I think of peace and strength. What do you think when you think of rain? Yes I know that this is a weird if not stupid post but I really don't care ;) and I want to know. Please leave a comment on this page tell me what you like or don't like about rain.

So, today I'm writing to you from Walmart. Yep the happiest place on earth. Its full of loving honest people that care about you. This particular Walmart is in Renton, Washington and they are always smiling....ok I'm done. Its to hard to keep a straight face talking about the Walmart in Renton. If your from this area you know what I mean. Although today it isn't bad. I'm at walmart to get a oil change and its gonna take awhile so I figured I would try to knock out this post now. So I got to thinking about my day. I dropped off the cable box back to its maker and ya know I don't miss it too much. Except for getting my sports its not bad at all. I went to my mom's to pick her up and take her to the airport. We had a good conversation about how the world is teaching kids that "I'm in control", "I can do anything" and "as long as I don't hurt anyone who cares". Its sad really to think that humans believe its all about us. We do...

 So, this is what I learned yesterday.  Don't stop, don't quit even if you get hit by a car :).  Sometimes we make up excuses to not do something even if we know it is good for us but it is hard to do.  That is what I was fighting with yesterday.  I didn't want to workout at all.  I just wanted to stay at home in the snow with the kids.  I knew it was good for me and that I needed it but I still didn't want to go.  So, when I finally decided to go I got hit by a car.  Now this would be real easy for me to just head home and say the usual, you know, God must want me to go home or its snowing to hard to go workout  but I knew I needed to go.  So I went and it was well worth it.  I did the best I had done so far working out and I felt great.  Sometimes its just part of the journey that you have to go through.  Don't let doubt keep you from what God has in store for you.  I still have a long ways to go and I pray I c...

Today, Monday the 15th.  I have started on my journey to lose weight.  I need to lose 110 pounds to get to my weight of 220.  Yes people, I am 330 lbs. of man-flesh.  The workout I had today was good.  I was already sore from the day before when we ministered in dance at Matt Talbot.  Which was a awesome service!!  So it made it easier going in to the workout because I was sore already.  Once I was warmed up my body felt a lot better.  It felt good to feel good about my body.  Its been a long time since I felt good about what I can do.  How did I get to this state?  Busyness.  I was very active in my teens and early twenties.  I was also in good shape.  I was always playing some type of pick-up game or going some where fun.  But when parenthood hit it slowly went away because of the responsibility to raise children.  That is where I messed up.  I didn't take care of myself because I was more concer...

Sometimes I feel like I can't do anything right.  Or if I am doing  something I love to do it somehow is wrong.  Have you ever felt  that way?  Have you felt like nobody will be happy until you do only  what they want and not what you need.  Sometimes I feel suffocated  with the "suppose to's" in life.  For me when I feel that way I have  to leave for a few hours to find my perspective or talk to someone who  is truly going through hard times or a mentor who loves me.  I should run to the God but  sometimes I just don't.  Its wiser to run to God but if you haven't  figured out by now I'm not always wise.  God does start talking to me  and getting me to talk to Him so I can throwup all my complaining on  Him.  I do think that being in a family full of women you start to  think how you see things is wrong because of men tend to see things  differently than women.  I'm sure if...

I'm just kind of writing.  I'm not sure where this is going to go.  Thursday the 4th was my dad's celebration service.  It was magnificent.  Everyone was happy.  Some, may have expected some boring no life funeral and was pleasantly surprised that we just worshiped the Lord.  There had to be between 2 to 3 hundred people in the church.  All ready to say good things about my dad and his influence on them.  But what really brought these people to see him?  Christ.  You see because of Christ in my dad he was a light to people.  A breath of fresh air.  People wanted to see him because he brought Jesus with him.  Some were friends of my mom and they raved about how he treated her and how he help her be better.  Some were co-workers that wanted to show support.  Some were friends that he loved and spoke about Jesus to.  And of course there was family who was bless to know him as uncle, grandfather, son, ...

"Teenagers, you give them a inch and they'll swim all over you".  Wise  words from a crab.  This is exactly what you have to do as a parent.   You have to know when to give a inch and when to hoard that inch.   Because when you give that inch they will run as far as they can with  it.  I have 4 teenage girls and 2 little girls which seems to scare most parent and soon  to be parents from having kids.  So I'll give them a "inch" when it comes to good things because I want them to run with it.  But, I do try to be a earth bender (Avatar Cartoon reference) and be immovable when it comes to things that are not good for them even if it is a popular thing to do.  If I  teach my girls the right things to do like, live in the presence of the  Lord.  Respect your authorities.  Love on people.  Then, I have a great shot of my girls being awesome women. So far  they are.  Even with the different mis...

Love We say we want Love -- We say we want all of Him-- Some say they will do anything for Love-- Some will travel the country for Love- Some say they will live for Love-- Some say they will die for Love-- Well, here's what Love said - When you really know Me --I mean really really know Me -- You will speak well of Me-- You will speak the truth-- You will accept what my heart has for you-- You will let Me change you for the better-- You will accept the truth that I AM, respect, selflessness, forgiveness, grace, kindness, truth, self-control sacrifice, joy-- And I will Never change-- you don't have to travel to find Me--Or beat yourself up looking in the wrong places for Me-- you just have to reach out to the hand that is already reaching out to you-- Calling for you, wanting you, desperately seeking you more than you could ever imagine-- I AM LOVE and I AM HERE -- Come, let us begin anew........... written by Servantprince

So, since I last wrote my dad(step) went home to heaven. We are  missing him greatly. I found out early in the morning on wed the  20th. I looked at my phone and noticed my mom had called. I  had  put my phone to silent for some strange reason so I didn't  know she  had called. Instantly I knew something important must  have had  happened. I happened to be in the bathroom when I  checked the phone.  So I decided to wait to see if mom would call  my wife. A minute later  Pam knocks on the door. After mom  told me that dad had past I was in shock for a second. Then was  sad because I had lost another father.  So I cried on my wifes  shoulder for a bit then got my clothes on and  headed to the  hospital to meet with the family. On my way there I was  remembering my dad and all the good he had done in my life and  others.  I was thinking about all of the fathers in my life that...

Just this past Saturday I saw a wedding of two of the coolest people I have ever met.  They represented generations of full-blown Christ following believers.  This of course reminded me of how important generations that follow Christ are.  As you know I have six beautiful daughters.  All with different personalities and abilities.  But, all have been shown Christ.  I want their lives to be Christ centered and Christ focus.  I believe God has men for them that has fallen in love with Jesus and that will fall in love with them also.  I believe that each child will be better parents than us, and do amazing things for the Lord and in life.  I want my future grandchildren to be able to look to myself and Pam and say, "My grand parents are awesome cause they love Christ and love us so much".  I believe I will be able to love my son-in-laws as my own and can trust them with the blessing of this family.  I believe my fa...

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This will be a short one.  God is so good.  Last week Saturday the doctors told my mom that my step-dad was gonna die.  The doctors didn't even know what was wrong but because they couldn't figure it out and had no faith, they tried to give a bad report.  Which we didn't except!!  We know of God's willingness and ability to heal by the evidence of Jesus Christ dying on the cross and rising from the grave.  So, as of Sunday he was sitting up praising the Lord with all that he had.  You can't tell me my God is not faithful.  My dad will be a witness to the glory of the Lord and all that He has done.  Praise the Lord,  Amen. My wife is back at home.  Yea me!!!! Her trip to Uganda was awesome and life changing.  It is good to have her home I missed all that she does for the house, family and myself.  Especially me(we have a license and we use it and I'd tell you more but its x-rated)!!  Anyways,...

Sometimes it is a surreal feeling when you watch what God is doing as He is doing it.  When He answers prayer about your children or family.   Or when He makes a way out of what we would call nothing.  Or when He just loves you with all His love and its just too overwhelming to speak of.  That is how the last week and a half has gone.  Its been fun, sad, scary, blessed and beautiful at times.  Each day has shown something different. But my love for Christ has been strengthened.  My confidence in Him and how He has created me has been made strong. Sunday 9/26 was great.  My friends Barb and Victor took over today at City Kids(kids church) so I could listen to Pastor Judah and hear about healing.  It was a great message and important that I was there to stand in for my step-dad in prayer.  Thank you Lord for healing him.  My step-dad has been cancer free for 25 days now.  He went through a tough patch during thes...

Sept. 3, 2000.  This is the day I met my wife.  The day that I really saw Pam for the first time.  Pam and I had met briefly at the church picnic the week before but only for about 5mins.  I found out later that she already knew who I was.   My mom and my great wife had been having lunch every week or so for a while.  So it would seem that I was the one who was out of the loop.  Which in some ways has become a theme in my household but I digress.  When we had talked briefly the week before.  We spoke of our children that are all around the same age.  Which led to Pam finding my number through the church directory and offering my girls some clothes.  I said yes and told her I was home.  Now guys it was the start of football season and I was all ready to watch some football.  I had Kool-aid, red, and my comfy white shorts.  I had just came from the baptism of a friend of mine and was ready ...

This is the first blog I have ever done.  So, let me introduce myself.  My name is Willardth Smith.  I am married to a beautiful woman by the name of Pam.  We have six daughters(I had two, She had two, We had two together).  There is Moriah she is 15 and full of life and wears her heart on her sleeves, just like her mother. Then, Makaelah, 14, always under control for the most part but there is a passion for learning I never had when I was younger.  She also has a wicked since of humor.  Then the diva of the group, Ephesia, 13, Even though see is very into style and what looks good, there is much substance under all that style. Now here is the youngest of the older girls and my twin, Taja.  Taja is 13, and knows information on stuff you would never think anybody would know lol.  She is a sponge, a mediator, and a great ability to take what ever is thrown her way.  Next up the oldest of the younger two, Ruby, she is 7 and proud of it. ...