The Rent Increase And Why My Mother’s Midnight Text Sent Me Packing
Why do we always assume the people who raised us have our best interests at heart, even when...
Author: Gail G. Taylor
My Senior Partner Offered Me a $45,000 Buyout, so I Pulled Our Original 2012 Agreement
PART 1 The white envelope was waiting on my tool chest when I walked into the shop at...
My Brother-in-Law Tried to Steal My Workshop, so I Used a 1984 Deed to Freeze His Project
PART 1 The certified letter came on a humid Tuesday afternoon in Charleston, delivered right to the front...
The Debt We Never Named And Why My Twenty-One Year Silence Ended In A Shoebox
I got almost everything wrong about the way my father left, and the hardest part of carrying that...
The Notes Left Behind and Why My Father’s Old Martin Guitar Led Me Straight to Leo
The air in the garage smelled of stale sawdust, old paper, and the peppermint candies Dad always kept...
My Boss Fired Me to Cover Her $400k Deficit, so I Revoked Her Software License
PART 1 The security badge reader flashed red twice when I tapped it against the glass door of...
The Babysitter’s Lesson and Why Mrs. Carpenter’s Arrogance Cost Her Everything
The porch light on Cedar Street was always too bright, throwing a harsh yellow glare across Mrs. Carpenter’s...
The Signature on the Refusal and Why My Son’s Sunday Soup Cost Him Everything
The envelope from the insurance company sat right on top of the Tuesday flyers, the paper stiff and...
My Brother-in-Law Stole My $184,500 Equipment, so I Handed His Board the Paperwork
PART 1 The overnight demand letter arrived by certified courier at six o’clock on a rainy Thursday morning....
My Boss Framed Me for a $184,500 Construction Defect, so I Pulled the Server Logs
PART 1 The security badge reader at our corporate headquarters turned bright red when I pressed my card...