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Life of a Smith

Essays/columns from a career storyteller who will touch on the human experience — modern life, family, parenting, hobbies, sports and nostalgia.

Newsletter · By Joshua R. Smith · Official site

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  1. Issue · Aug 22, 2026

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    We stood next to one another, uncertain about what the next moments might bring, the tension as thick as the South Carolina air hanging amid our balcony. I spun the revolver and flipped it snugly in place. Positioning it appropriately, I prepared to pull the trigger, hoping I would get the chance to pass — while also kinda hoping I wouldn’t.After spending too much daytime alone and too many late nights staring at a computer screen in a sterile office, this is what it had finally come to for me e

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