Giving Back & Lighted Christmas Balls

What started as a homemade Christmas decoration nearly 30 years ago has continued to be something much bigger…and brighter.  As the end of January 2023 quickly approaches, we wanted to report on the annual Sunset Hills neighborhood Lighted Christmas Balls and its “Shine the Light on Hunger” efforts. If you’re unfamiliar, you can read our

2019 Habitat Women Build

One of my privileges in 2019 is to serve as President of the Women’s Professional Forum (WPF).  Last fall one of the members of WPF asked me if I thought WPF would like to be part of the 2019  Habitat For Humanity Women Build. I offered her idea to our board of directors who quickly

5 Measures of “Wealth”

Most of us, including myself, get hung up on allowing a dollar figure to determine how “wealthy” we are. When in fact, wealth can be made up of things that are worth far more than money but are harder to quantify. Because of this difficulty in measuring, we often default to overlook these alternative measures.

Abigail Disney and Money Conversations

I recently ran across an interview with Abigail Disney, granddaughter of Roy O. Disney, co-founder of The Walt Disney Company (posted here at New York’s The Cut What It’s Like to Grow Up With More Money Than You’ll Ever Spend.) It is a surprisingly vulnerable and honest insight into the real-life impact (both good and

Our Most Read Blog Posts of 2017

Wrapping up our year, we wanted to make sure you didn’t miss out on our most read blog posts of 2017. We also want to say a big “Thank You!” for reading, sharing, and dialoguing with us along the way. If you have any suggestions for future topics, send them to us at Team@SmithPartnersWealth.com.  6

Keeping Track of Surprise Joys

May 10th - "Received 'Happy Birth Month' wishes out at dinner with friends" May 11th - "Got up early just to see the sunrise. Beautiful!" May 12th - "Saw a young Eurasian Eagle Owl in person! Still fluffy!" Some of our best friends surprised Jonathan and me with an invitation to join their family on