Erin Michelle Smith

Personal life story including childhood trauma, DiD, recovery and everything in between.

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Short Stories

I really love writing! I wish I was good at it. Along with writing classical piano music (which I'll also share), I want to put my short stories here. These usually are dreams that reoccur until I write them down. More specifically, I usually direct my dreams and these short stories have interrupted my ability to control what I dream about. So, I write them down and they go away. The River is a work in progress that I'll finish now that my integration is complete - Aaron started it but he left it for me to finish.

The River

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The following is a work in progress One      Today was going to be a great day! The morning sun peeked through the clouds, casting a warm, golden light over everything. The sky was huge, stretching forever in soft blues and whites. In the background, the familiar buzz of summer’s insects filled the air, little things darting about like they were in a hurry. Maybe they knew their time was short. Maybe that’s why they never stopped moving. But the river - the river - it never rushed. It just kept [...]