William J. Smith

Recognize God's hand in every turn of your story. What if the moments that hurt you were also the ones moving you forward? In Go Further with God, S. Renee Smith-bestselling author and co-author of Self-Esteem for Dummies (Wiley)-guides readers through a compelling blend of memoir, spiritual insight, and devotional reflection. Writing with her father, master builder William J. Smith, Sr., whose remarkable life provides the true stories, she shows how God uses delays, detours, and disappointments to build something deeper within us, around us, and for us. From William's journey as a teenage runaway to a respected entrepreneur, these pages reveal how faith turns setbacks into stepping-stones. Each of the book's seven chapters and twenty-one lessons is anchored in scripture, personal narratives, and thought-provoking Reflection Prompts, offering an engaging resource for individual readers, church groups, or small-group study. Whether you are carrying old wounds, standing at a crossroads, or simply longing to hear God's voice more clearly, Go Further with God offers an honest roadmap to see your story differently and walk boldly into what's next.

Even with their children all getting older as the new year of 2022 begins, William and Vivian Smith still view many of the moments in their daily lives as precious, from celebrating their little girl; Carol Anne's second Christmas; to the few occasions when it snowed that winter and they took their kids out to play, as they move through the early weeks and months of 2022.

Another Christmas season has arrived and Bill and Suzanne Smith and their sprawling brood of 5 young, platinum-blonde children are excited as ever and though their now 8-year-old identical twins; Candace Anne and Carol Anne no longer believe that Santa Claus is a real person, that doesn't mean that they are any less excited about Christmas and getting lots of gifts from relatives and their loving, devoted mother and father and revel in all the sights and sounds of the season.

William, Oscar, Nancy and Carol Anne are typical siblings from a typical, middle-class, every-day family named the Smiths who, like most siblings, have times when they get along and times when they argue and fight. When they discover a plot about aliens disguised as students in their schools being part of an advanced team of alien invaders, they must ban together to fight to save their lives and the world with the help of these mysterious "men in black", that they've all heard so much about.

Like countless other two-year-olds, the Smith sextuplets are growing and not just physically. Their fine motor skills and verbal skills are improving and now Bill and Kristen; their parents, must tackle a new challenge; getting their gorgeous, bourgeoning brood used to using the potty and they once again have their medal tested as they continue to face the challenges of raising sextuplets

Bill and Vivian Smith are loving, devoted parents who have three healthy, growing, young children including their oldest who is now going into Kindergarten and the other two are in nursery school and then comes the holiday season where they come to revel in these precious moments of life

Carol Anne Smith is entering Kindergarten and though she is nervous about it at first. When she meets a group of little girls on her first day and soon makes friends with them, she soon eases into Kindergarten and learns some very valuable lessons and not just about reading, writing and arithmetic, along the way

Candace Anne Smith is a firm believer in Santa Claus and once December rolls around, she gets really excited about this arrival on the night before Christmas. One day, some kids in her Kindergarten class present themselves as doubters as to whether or not Santa Claus exists and Candace Anne sets out to prove that Santa Claus exists once and for all.

Carol Anne, Samantha and their gang of now 7 girls are all now in Fourth Grade and all of them are 9 years old and another year older and wiser. This time, the girls have to navigate Fourth Grade and they all continue to have sleepovers and slumber-parties together and their bond only grows tighter and bigger as they all navigate being in Fourth Grade and many of them turn a whole decade old in 2025-26.

There are certain moments in everyone's life that are those that will be cherished for the rest of their lives. A couple on their wedding day, a mother and father bringing a new baby into the world. There are also moments in a young family's life that each member will hold onto as a memory that is near and dear to them and that is the case with the Smith family of New York as they navigate through their infant daughter; Carol Anne's first winter since her birth.

Another Christmas has arrived and the Smith household is as excited as ever that their favorite time of year has arrived again, this time for 2028. With their twins; Candace Anne and Carol Anne, still believing in Santa Claus, their parents; Bill and Suzanne Smith, are more determined than ever to keep the girls' faith in "the Jolly Old Elf" alive and well. When the twins are desperate to meet Santa when the night before Christmas finally arrives, it's up to their parents to stop them before it's too late.

It's another winter season and once again, the Smith family try to cope as best they can. Whenever it snows, their three little peanuts; Carrie Anne and their twin boys; William and Oscar still delight in all manners of play in the soft, fluffy powder and then warm themselves with some hot chocolate once they are ready to come inside; all of this culminating in Carrie Anne's third birthday come April 2026