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Be Your Own Best Friend: Help People See the Best In You By Seeing the Best In Yourself

One thing that I really enjoy doing is being able to introduce “new friends” to “old friends." It can be very exciting; to introduce people who you care about to each other and watch them hit it off. It is a great feeling to bring the people that you care about together, even if it’s [...]

A Journey To Guatemala: Part 2

Welcome to part two of my experience in Guatemala this summer. If you missed part one, please click here. Simple Joys ...After I blew bubbles with Maria, children started coming by and saying hello. My sister, cousin, and I then decided we should get the lollipops, candy and toys out we brought before hoping there [...]

Heartbroken Miracles: Lesson 1

I know I know, its summer and who wants to hear about heartbreak? I have been thinking about starting this series for a while and today I had the urge to start to offer it to the Get Smart community. I have come to realize in recent months after a truly unexpected and crazy pants [...]

BRB: The teen dating dilemma!

Crushes in high school are fun and crazy, but what makes crushes worse are social networking sites. You look on facebook to see if the persons in a relationship. Then you go on twitter and look at their bio to see if it says single or in a relationship too, but there could always be [...]

By |July 15th, 2013|For Teens|0 Comments

Rescuing Hampton: A “Tail” of Love!

Hampton before When it comes to making a difference it's important to keep in mind that kindness is not limited to human beings. This week on my Hamptons vacation I have a special visitor...a four-legged dog named Hampton! Last year my cousins, Mike and Megan, came to visit my shore house in Sag [...]

Plus Size Fashion Dupe #1

I always hear about how amazing the JCrew Pixie pants are online. From vloggers to bloggers and everyone in between, I constantly see these plain black skinny pants everywhere! They seem to fit everyone perfectly. They kind of remind me of the jeans from "the sisterhood of the traveling pants." The thing is JCrew's pants [...]

A Get Smart Girl’s Journey To Guatemala

This summer I took an amazing trip to Guatemala. On this trip I was just supposed to build a house for a family who needed one but little did I know I was going to see, help, and do so much more! I arrived with my dad, sister, cousins, and uncle on a Saturday afternoon- [...]

The Hard Truth

Hello my beautiful ladies! It’s time to get a little serious for a hard dose of reality. Buckle your seat belts. Go to the grocery store and look at cover of a magazine. What do you see? “How to lose 15 lbs in 10 days,” “75 sex moves that men crave,” “Why losing your butt [...]

FITspiration… Take 2

"no matter how slow you go, you are still lapping everybody on the couch." Last week I shared with you some of my personal forms of fitspiration (I hope you were fitspired!)... & now here are some more! My Friendspiration My friends, hands down, have been the most encouraging & fitspirational people in my life.   [...]

Here’s Cassie ~ Our Teen Confidence Booster!

About me! Hey guys! My name is Cassandra, I am 16 years old and I am very athletic. I enjoy swimming, softball and volleyball and have played each in high school. I also maintained my grades while participating in sports every season and barely getting a break in between. I am also sensitive, outgoing, and [...]

By |July 1st, 2013|For Teens|0 Comments