The Courage to Live It

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On the Eve of My 49th Birthday
Reflections on life at the near half-century mark
 • Shawn Smucker
Ice On the River
We walk to the river
 • Shawn Smucker
On My Way to a Funeral
the sycamore branches remember how to become one
 • Shawn Smucker
There is Wonder Here
When you’re flying, when you’re in an airplane and it’s in that final descent, and it banks so steep that you’re looking down at the clouds at that…
 • Shawn Smucker
On Using AI in the Creative World
Or, Our Own Two Feet
 • Shawn Smucker
Is This Love Worth It?
One of us will be left behind
 • Shawn Smucker
On Kids Leaving Home, Sunrises, and Having Eyes That See
Maile and I look at each other after our two “Littles” have gotten on the bus and without saying anything we wonder how did we get to this place in…
 • Shawn Smucker
Why I Haven't Been Here So Much
Well, it’s been a minute.
 • Shawn Smucker
On Escaping the Cumulative Effect of All These Maladies
I had a dream the other night that I had somehow escaped all of these minor, pesky, getting-older ailments, recovered a 25-year-old version of myself…
 • Shawn Smucker
The Courage to Live It
The Courage to Live It
"If you're lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it." John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany
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