Not long ago, my wife and I visited two of my best friends, Ronnie and Noell. In December of 2012, they had just welcomed their first child into their family: Jayden—a boy who was unmistakably designed to be in baby commercials. As I cradled the child in my arms, a question suddenly sprang to mind….
Category: Seth Adam Smith
It's Official: My Book Will Be Published!!!
I’ve dreamed about this day since I was ten. And now, after several weeks of discussion and refinement, I was just given the green light: Berrett-Koehler Publishers has formally agreed to publish my book sometime in the Fall of 2014! Apart from telling you that the book will be non-fiction, I’d really like to keep…
The Day I Discovered My Father Was A Soviet
It was February 2008, and I was living in Moscow with a Russian host family. It was the evening of Election Day–a day when Russians voted for their new president, President Medvedev. The occasion gave me the opportunity to talk to my Russian host dad about a topic I had avoided: communism and politics in Russia….
My Wife is a LITERAL Work of Art
My good friend (and talented artist), Howard Lyon, recently finished a beautiful, new painting. Imagine my surprise when I discovered that he had painted a portrait of my wife! Some time ago, Kim and I had worked with Howard on another project. He used a photograph from the shoot to create this angelic image of…
Finding Happiness in Mordor
“Hey Seth! How are things in sunny California?” asked my friend on the phone. “Sunny California? We live in Mordor,” I answered, glumly looking out the window at a seemingly endless curtain of fog. For the fourth day in a row, the fog was hovering around our apartment in Daly City, a neighbor of San…
How My Brother Saved Me From Drowning and Suicide
I’m the youngest of six kids. I have two brothers: the oldest is David and the other is Sean. Sean and I didn’t get along when we were younger. Don’t get me wrong, it was nothing serious. More of a personality difference. I liked Star Trek, he liked sports. I wanted to watch cartoons, he…
I Found Narnia!
Haven’t you always wanted to find a door that leads into Narnia? After watching a cartoon version of The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe at the age of six, I was constantly on the lookout for any possible portals into the world of Narnia. Being an expert at finding where my Mom hid our Christmas…
Manželství není pro tebe
Jen po jedenapůlročním manželství jsem nedávno dospěl k závěru, že manželství není pro mě. A teď, ještě než mě předčasně odsoudíte, čtěte raději dál. Já a moje žena jsme se potkali na střední, bylo nám patnáct. Kamarádili jsme se deset let, až… až jsme se jednou rozhodli, že už nechceme být jenom kamarádi. 🙂 Zamilovat se…
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