I’m Lauren H. Smith, and I live in a Baltimore City row home overlooking a vibrant park. I care about loving people well, building healthy relationships, exploring new territory, and growing into a more whole person. I’m either writing poetry, nonfiction, songs, or some combination that reflects being painfully, wonderfully human in a beautifully broken world.

Equal parts deep, sassy, and silly, I straddle the line between joy and pain—obsessing over how the two intertwine. I’m here to help you pause. Get curious about it all. And embrace healing along the way. ‘Cause let’s face it: Being human is a trip that could use some extra light and grace.

I will also write your stuff for you: wedding vows, media content, and letters! (Check out my Writing Services.)

More about me:

• I’m always on the hunt for beauty in broken things.

• I write from everywhere but my desk—yep, bathroom included.
  (I’m forever hunting for a comfortably chic desk chair, if ya wanna roll one my way.)

• I make music using my voice/violins/keys/electronics.

• I have a precious, shaggy rescue pup named Walt.

• I grow and design with flowers in a temperamental citysphere.

• I dabble in photography and other visual art.

• I like to dance, hike, frolic through the park, and do yoga.

• I dig wordplay (PUNS!), banter, and observational humor.

• I love: vintagey and quirky-cute things, most music from every place/genre/time, compelling stories, medicinal foods, and adventuring in and beyond my urban realm.

• I fight for empathy, wonder, and authenticity.

• I want to encourage you, make you laugh, help you be yourself, point you toward hope.