The Point of Life Blog is part reflection, part record: bullet-pointed meditations on life, love, and lore. Here, I write about family, mental health, writing, memory, faith, failure, healing, and the tender everyday lessons that keep finding me whether I ask for them or not. Mostly, Point of Life is about my journey toward exploring a better sentence, a better self, a better way of loving the people who made me, hurt me, held me, and helped me become.

Té V. Smith 5/22/24 Té V. Smith 5/22/24

In The Service of Love

Té V. Smith 5/16/24 Té V. Smith 5/16/24

Until I Need Grace

Té V. Smith 4/26/24 Té V. Smith 4/26/24

The Batman Signal

Té V. Smith 4/15/24 Té V. Smith 4/15/24

What Is True Anywhere

Té V. Smith 4/10/24 Té V. Smith 4/10/24

On A Quiet Day

Té V. Smith 4/2/24 Té V. Smith 4/2/24

The Enough We Seek

Té V. Smith 3/27/24 Té V. Smith 3/27/24

For it To Soothe

Té V. Smith 3/19/24 Té V. Smith 3/19/24

Simply Being

“To create loving men, we must love males. In patriarchal culture, males are not allowed simply to be who they are & to glory in their unique identity. In an anti-patriarchal culture, males do not have to prove their value & worth. They know from birth that simply being gives them value, the right to be cherished and loved.”

—Bell Hooks, The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love