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Jacob just turned six March 12. Looking out the window at the rain this morning, he reflected on wishes and sisters.
“Dad?”
“Yep,” I said, barely opening my eyes. It was 6:15 a.m.
“If wishes came true and Anna wished she didn’t have a brother and I wasn’t here, you would look all over the house and not find me,” Jacob said.
“Then what?” I asked.
“You would make a wish.”
“You know I would, Jacob.”
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Greg R Taylor
I am a home builder in Northeastern Oklahoma and president of 1256Movement.org. Proceeds from my latest book published in 2023, Prodigals, benefit this nonprofit dedicated to reparations of racial trauma in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Taylor is author of several books, including a coauthored work with Randy Harris titled Living Jesus. He and his wife, Jill, have three adult children, Ashley, Anna, and Jacob, for whom Prodigals is dedicated. I’ve been a writer for 30 years, a professional writer and editor for most of those years. No matter what other jobs I’ve done, I’ve continued to write. I’m the author, co-author, editor, or ghostwriter of many books you can see here. You’ll find a lot of topics I’ve written about listed and I've tried to categorize them so there should be bread crumbs for you to follow your interests. I’m 2024, I’ll celebrate 20 years of blogging. You can also find lots of free articles I’ve published in various magazines if you search my name at Christianity Today, Sojourners, and Wineskins. I wrote many book reviews for Publishers Weekly some years back but most of the reviews are not named reviews for sake of objectivity.
Wow, what a tear jerker for a grandmother to read! To know that children have thoughts like that and many times we are too busy, too sleepy to listen and to understand their need for reassurance. Thank you for listening to your children and acknowledging their fears and needs – even in the midst of your busiest of times.
How like Jacob we should be as we approach our Heavenly Father and seek his reassurance. Love, Mom
Greg, it sounds like a part of a children’s book…very poetic…just a beginning….write them all down and put them together later. Such a moving, concise conversation.
grace, Julie