Taylor Ward
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From a small town, I find joy and grace in my trauma and difficulties. My life, shaped by loss and adversity, fuels my creativity. Each piece written over period in my life, one unlike the last. These words sometimes my only emotion.
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Formal Resignation from the Role of Functioning Cog
To Whom It May Concern (and I know you're out there, spreadsheets in hand), Please accept this letter as my official resignation from the position of “Well-Adjusted Adult in Late Capitalism,” effective immediately, or retroactively — whichever causes less disruption to the algorithms tracking my productivity.
By Taylor Ward8 months ago in Journal
The Seed That Wouldn't Stay Buried
They say down here the soil remembers. You can till and turn it all you like, but a seed that was planted right will find a way back to the sun. That’s the way it was with Fannie Lou Hamer. Folks tried to forget her—bury her voice under smoother-talking leaders, sweep her truth off the front porch of America’s memory. But she wasn’t the kind of woman who stayed quiet or buried.
By Taylor Ward8 months ago in History
The Heartbeat of the Earth
The air was heavy with the scent of earth, rich and fertile, as the sun hung low in the sky, casting long shadows across the fields. Violet stood at the edge of the homestead, watching the land stretch endlessly before her, green and gold beneath the wide, endless sky. The wind whispered through the trees, a gentle reminder of the quiet rhythm of the world she had come to know so well. The hum of crickets, the chirp of birds, the soft clink of the barn door opening in the breeze—these sounds had woven themselves into the fabric of her every day. They were the pulse of life, steady and constant.
By Taylor Ward12 months ago in The Swamp
Binding Hearts, Building a Home
The beginning of a new year, like the slow breath of a tired soul finally at rest, always brings with it the quiet murmurings of hopes and goals, old and new. It’s in the cold air of January that one’s thoughts tend to scatter like leaves in the wind, but there’s something about the stillness of winter that invites the heart to settle, to reflect. So here I sit, on this first Sunday of the new year, looking over my household, and I reckon it’s time to set a course, one that binds this family of mine not to each other, but to the Lord—secure and undividable, like a knot too strong to ever be undone.
By Taylor Wardabout a year ago in Motivation
Thorns in the Garden
The Thorn in the Garden: Growing Up with Borderline Personality Disorder The weight of a childhood spent under the care of someone with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is not easily measured. It is a heavy burden, like a garden planted in soil that is, at best, unyielding, and at worst, actively hostile. One day the ground may appear fertile, offering the hope of growth, but more often than not, the seeds you plant do not take root. They wither and fade, starved for the stability that was never provided. And just when you think the storm has passed, a sudden gust of wind knocks the fragile sapling to the ground once more.
By Taylor Wardabout a year ago in Families
Sowing Seeds of Grace
Well, I reckon if I’m gonna be honest, the turn of this year has caught me a bit off guard, though truth be told, I’ve been turnin’ this over in my mind for quite some time now. The start of a new year always makes a body take stock of things—like how much time’s passed and what you’ve made of it. I’ve spent a good spell thinkin’ on it, and I do believe I’ve made up my mind on what needs doin’. This year, by gum, I’ve made it my goal to get back to the soil, get closer to God, and get a bit more serious about homesteadin’. I’ve got a few chickens—bless their hearts—some ducks that have taken to swimmin’ in the creek like they own it, and, to top it all off, four goats. And when I say four goats, I mean the kind of goats that’ll climb a fence if they think they see a snack on the other side, and they’ll do it with the grace of a tornado in a trailer park.
By Taylor Wardabout a year ago in Motivation
