The Girl in the Red Rubber Boots

Author: Emily Sara Smucker

  • Blog Changes?

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    I’m starting what could be considered a “bonus blog.” It will feature more controversial/opinionated topics than I typically post on here, but you won’t be able to access them unless you become a “patron” or supporter of my blog on my new Patreon page, for $1 or more per month. If that doesn’t sound like…

  • Learning to Not Be the Star of the Show

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    This is a picture of me twelve years ago, standing in front of Sight and Sound Theater in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. This is a picture of me last night, trying to re-create the first picture. I once again visited Sight and Sound, for free this time, thanks to a miracle in a theater two weeks ago.…

  • Miracle in a Theater

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    Sometimes I just want a sign that God has not forgotten me. This is the story of how I received one such sign. In downtown Lancaster there is this beautiful historic theater called the Fulton Opera House. When I realized that they were putting on a production of the musical Once, my heart began to ache.…

  • Lancaster Pennsylvania

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    For the month of April I am in Lancaster Pennsylvania, in a little house behind a hot dog factory. Sometimes I get a good whiff of hot dogs as I walk up the street on a warm day, or when I open the bathroom window to get some air circulation while I shower. The windows…

  • Adventures in Philadelphia

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    Rosalyn is an old friend from SMBI days. We got along swimmingly 9 1/2 years ago, but 9 1/2 years is a long time, and we hadn’t really kept up. But when she heard about my travels she invited me to come stay with her in Philadelphia. I decided to visit her for a week.…

  • A Moldy House and a Dying Car

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    I hate being overwhelmed. It’s why I pack like a minimalist, and why I don’t bother with face creams, and why I don’t make to-do lists longer than five items at a time. Needless to say, the REACH week was full of overwhelming situations, from uncertainty about my living situation, to ill health, to the…

  • REACH 2019

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    Before I talk about my two days at REACH, I should mention that there was even more drama regarding my family’s travel plans. Originally we all had an Airbnb until Friday. Friday evening I’d go to Philadelphia and Ben would go to his friend Daniel’s house, and Mom and Dad would drive to Baltimore for…

  • The Great Health Crash

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    Living with uncertainty might be good for my faith, but it’s terrible for my health. I’ve written before about my ill health on this long journey of mine. Generally I have about a week of dubious health whenever I move to a new location. But once I get into the swing of things my health…

  • Living With Uncertainty

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    When I came to Pennsylvania, I knew I wanted to stay for six weeks instead of my usual four. The REACH conference was happening near the end of March, and I really really wanted to go. REACH is a Mennonite conference where missions of all types gather and network. Which means lots of sessions talking…

  • Snow

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    There were flurries of snow in Ohio in November. “This isn’t real snow,” said my roommate, Carita. There was no snow in Delaware in December. There was no snow during the week-and-a-half I spent in Washington DC, or the week I spent with my aunt in southern PA, or my week in Oregon, or my…