Leaving the stormy skies of Scotland as a newborn,
Poppy Smith headed to India with her British military family. After India came exciting years in Sri Lanka, Singapore, and Kenya where she met her husband, an American doctor looking after Peace Corps volunteers.
As a 22 year old bride of six weeks, Poppy arrived in America and found herself plunged into an utterly foreign world. Baffled by football, strange foods, incomprehensible questions such as "do you want your eggs over-easy or sunny-side up," and the gaping chasm between her upbringing and her husband's, Poppy struggled to adapt. Assailed by loneliness as her husband disappeared into the hospital for his five year residency program, and the growing tension between them, Poppy cried out to the Lord for help to survive as a wife, mother, and Christian.
In God's timing Poppy began studying with Bible Study Fellowship, and after five years was asked to teach the several hundred women in her class. Seven years later, Poppy left BSF. Volunteering with a domestic violence shelter, serving on the Board of an organization for women in Christian leadership, plus teaching evening classes at Multnomah Bible College, and speaking at retreats in the U.S., Poppy found life busy and satisfying.
During these years, aware of the mid-life transition she was going through, Poppy put together a seminar for women experiencing the same adjustments of releasing children, accepting the physical aspect of aging, rejuvenating the long-term marriage, and helping parents. In addition, Poppy wanted to motivate women to accurately assess themselves, anticipate the future decades with relish, and prepare themselves for their best years yet. This well-received seminar resulted in I'm Too Young To be This Old - Surviving and Thriving in the Muddled, Middle Years, a humorous inspirational, and informational guide for the mid-life woman.
With her two children grown and independent, and enjoying the support of her husband, Poppy now has an international Bible teaching ministry. Speaking around the world, she slips comfortably into foreign cultures, adapting herself to being English or American as suits the situation!
size : 5.4 x 8.3
