Before we built our home in 2005, the 12 acre site was grass and trees and water along with the bleached skeletons of cattle piled in a…… Read more “The Bones of 12 Acres”
Category: Daughters
Country Driving
My mom, Charlotte Taylor, recently attended a York University retreat and was challenged to write and she did, writing a story called, Country Driving. Mom instilled in…… Read more “Country Driving”
Breaking Bread with my Daughter
I am eating a King Kong Maple Bacon Cronut in my daughters honor as she is graduating next week with a Master’s Degree in Nutrition and Different…… Read more “Breaking Bread with my Daughter”
Stolen Babies and Shallow Advice
I was holding Jude when I realized why I steal babies. We were at Jace and Carly Davis’ wedding and Jude looked like he wanted me to…… Read more “Stolen Babies and Shallow Advice”
A Thousand Pines
He can tell a story better than Mark Twain on a riverboat drinking whiskey in the moonlight, although the surreal and the absurd are difficult to distinguish…… Read more “A Thousand Pines”
Dancing with Lauren Martin
I told everyone that I would not cry and I did not. But that was my brave face in front of friends and family. It was a…… Read more “Dancing with Lauren Martin”
The Wedding Tree
If the opposite of love is apathy, then the least one can do in a marriage is care enough to occasionally say, “I hate you.” I never…… Read more “The Wedding Tree”