Meet The People Of Benton County - Amanda Smith

By: 
Benton County Enterprise Staff
NAME: Amanda Smith
 
BIRTHPLACE: Independence, MO
 
YEARS IN WARSAW: My whole life!
 
FAMILY: Husband, Payton; 2 kids, Kase and Kallie.
 
THE BEST THING ABOUT LIVING IN WARSAW IS: The community and knowing everyone.
 
OCCUPATION: Barista at Redwing Coffee.
 
WHAT I WANTED TO BE WHEN I GREW UP: A daycare owner.
 
FIRST JOB: Hardee's.
 
FAVORITE CHILDHOOD MEMORY: Building igloos in the snow with my dad.
 
THE BEST TIME OF MY LIFE WAS WHEN: I married my husband and had my children.
 
MOST EMBARRASSING MOMENT: Accidentally falling while leaving a packed movie theatre.
 
WHAT DO YOU VALUE MOST IN YOUR FRIENDS: Honestly.
 
MY GREATEST FEAR IS: Losing my husband or kids.
 
I HOPE I NEVER HAVE TO: Bury my husband or my kids.
 
I'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO: Tell a lie.
 
IF I WON THE LOTTERY, I WOULD: Adopt all of the stray animals.
 
MY DREAM TRIP WOULD BE TO: Bora Bora.
 
HOBBIES: Reading and scrapbooking.
 
FAVORITE BAND OR MUSICIAN: Morgan Wallen.
 
FAVORITE MOVIE: Clueless.
 
FAVORITE DRINK: Banana Chai from Redwing Coffee.
 
FAVORITE SNACK: Gummy Nerds.
 
FAVORITE CANDY: Gummy Nerds.
 
FUTURE GOAL: To be the best parent that I can be.
 
WHICH PERSON DO YOU ADMIRE MOST: My husband, Payton.
 
ADVICE YOU WOULD GIVE YOUR YOUNGER SELF: Your time in high school isn't going to be the best time of your life.
 
WORDS TO LIVE BY: "If it's a job worth doing, it's a job worth doing well."

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