Bryan C. Taylor

January 23, 2020 4960

The house smells like home. Aged tendrils of her perfume mingling with fresh coffee. Clean sheets and mothball coat closets. Warm, welcoming...

January 16, 2020 3798

There’s just something about her smile. Beautiful and resilient, an untapped spring that could thaw any winter. A beacon of light that could...

January 9, 2020 3429

I’m looking out across the San Francisco skyline, a vast mosaic of concrete and steel that coalesce into infinity. Beyond it, the bay glows...

September 27, 2018 5112

This past Friday, I had what was likely the most important phone call of my life. It was important for a number of reasons – both personally...

September 20, 2018 8740

You’re spitting on her grave. That’s what the text message said. No, I’m actually not kidding. There’s a...

September 13, 2018 19930

This Saturday will mark three years since I last heard her voice. Three years since her fingers intermingled with mine. Three years since she took...

September 6, 2018 5303

I’m sure most of you have seen the video of the orca mother mourning the death of her newborn calf. It went viral last month, matriculating...

August 30, 2018 5081

Why do people watch The Bachelor? There has to be some reason, because nearly 10 million people tune in every week. When asked, most folks will...

August 23, 2018 4795

I see him up ahead of me. Jeans and flannel shirt, work boots high-stepping through the briars. Blue cap on gray hair, sweat rings circling the...

August 16, 2018 10257

The thing about magic is that we rarely recognize it. In fact, that’s sort of what makes it magic. No one really wants to know how Houdini...

August 9, 2018 5503

We all possess a distinctly unique identity. Given to us by God, it’s inherent and unalienable, impervious to circumstance. It was with us...

August 2, 2018 6235

We’ve all been there. And unfortunately, most of us will be again. Grief is a manic, undulating journey riddled with tortuous switchbacks...