Mothers are Born of Children

Mothers are Born of Children

by | May 10, 2020 | Life and Death

By Piper Bayard   It’s children who deliver mothers into the world. Before children, we are daughters, girlfriends, and wives, but until we love a child, we are not mothers. The part of us that grows into a mother remains a child until a child becomes more...
Life, Death, and the Sex License

Life, Death, and the Sex License

by | Apr 6, 2015 | Life and Death

Bayard & Holmes ~ Piper Bayard Themes of death and birth, that cycle of apocalypse and renewal, surrounded me this week. A dear friend’s father died, a good soul who made the planet better by his presence. Another friend hit the magic 28 weeks and breathed a sigh...

Answering the Bumper Stickers

by | Jun 3, 2013 | Life and Death

By Piper Bayard Bumper stickers. Sort of like Bathroom Readers for the road. I wonder sometimes if people even think about what they put on their cars. Take this popular one, for example: Why stop with random acts of kindness? When did the goal for kindness get...

Prodigal Hope

by | Mar 27, 2013 | Apocalypse, Life and Death

We’ve all felt it. The intense gravity of Life’s long, cold winters. The incessant pull of one bad break after another that obliterates the very memory of easy laughter. Awareness condenses to a pinpoint where tomorrows are as meaningless as...