Kelly SmithKeys To The FieldAfter 28 seasons as head coach of Chamberlain High School’s softball program, Bobby Diez is retiring. This is the legacy he leaves behind.10 min read·Oct 2, 2019--1--1
Kelly SmithGrieving someone I no longer knewNote: It has taken me two and a half years to put this into words. It is not my intention nor place to tell Rose’s story; this is simply…7 min read·Jan 16, 2019--2--2
Kelly SmithJanuary 13thThey say this is what it’s like to heal. It feels like a Sunday morning waking alone, after flurries have fallen and the salt has settled…2 min read·Jan 13, 2019----
Kelly SmithAn open letter to the daughter I never hadInfluence carries my scars not like trophies but similar to the way a brunette girl named Seraphina clutches dying lilacs, listless and…3 min read·Dec 7, 2018----
Kelly SmithI am a clock that has forgotten how to tell time — fixated on figurative follies of him…I am angry with being unable to remember the name of the day when we first met — how do you forget the day you were born?2 min read·Nov 25, 2018--1--1
Kelly SmithMy favorite song is one I haven’t heaWe sing in different sonnets and I want to pretend like that’s okay, but I have never heard something as beautiful as his voice, with the…1 min read·Nov 24, 2018----
