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September 13, 2020 ·

Guest Post I Wrote For My Fellow Blogger – Jamie Smith of Sunflowers & Thorns

Cancer Survivor & Support· Tales Of A Widow· Writing

Five years ago, I attended my first Arkansas Women Bloggers event at the Arlington Hotel in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Here’s a recap of all the activities I participated in during three fun days in the Spa City

https://leslieinlittlerock.com/5th-annual-arkansas-women-bloggers/

One of my fellow bloggers I met at this event, Jamie Smith from Northwest Arkansas, is a Writer, Consultant and Speaker. She runs her own business, https://jamiesnotebook.com/ and also writes her personal blog, https://sunflowersandthorns.com/.

 

Jamie Smith

Jamie has a category of Chronic Illness/Disability on her blog and often invites Guest Writers to tell their own experiences of living with a chronic illness. She asked me to be a Guest Writer in her Chronic Illness Series and the following entry was published on January 31, 2016.

https://sunflowersandthorns.com/2016/01/31/guest-post/

Update – September 2020

So much as happened in the last few years. I just started a new job as a Library Assistant in the Editorial Department at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette! I really like it because I proof the online editions of the newspaper, so I get to use my journalism background along with my love of the news.

Enjoying a strawberry margarita at Senor Tequila!

My oldest daughter, Lauren, continues to work remotely for the University of Chicago while my youngest daughter, Sara, just celebrated her first year as a News Reporter for a TV station.

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