Dr. Rick Taylor had delivered many babies as a doctor but he learned that being a parent was much more important and special than being a doctor when he watched the birth of his son. This very ordinary experience began an extraordinary journey shared by father and son. "Lessons of Life" meanders through the lives of Dr. Taylor and his son while exposing the unlikely situations where surprising lessons are learned. The value of the lessons is not in their uniqueness as much as in the pedestrian nature of their occurrence. Father and son each survive first loves, near death experiences and personal quests to find a place in life. The comparison of these experiences and the lessons learned provide readers with moments of joy as well as sadness. It is the familiarity of these events that remind readers to recognize their own lessons and appreciate their teachers.

Dr. Rick Taylor had delivered many babies as a doctor but he learned that being a parent was much more important and special than being a doctor when he watched the birth of his son. This very ordinary experience began an extraordinary journey shared by father and son. "Lessons of Life" meanders through the lives of Dr. Taylor and his son while exposing the unlikely situations where surprising lessons are learned. The value of the lessons is not in their uniqueness as much as in the pedestrian nature of their occurrence. Father and son each survive first loves, near death experiences and personal quests to find a place in life. The comparison of these experiences and the lessons learned provide readers with moments of joy as well as sadness. It is the familiarity of these events that remind readers to recognize their own lessons and appreciate their teachers.

""When Life Is Changed Forever" empathetically comforts the agony of empty arms and the raging of the soul in the aftermath of a loved one's death as few books ever have. Within these helpful pages the author skillfully offers the sure hope that life can be lived fully again ...while facing the truth that it can never be the same. Here is an honest journey into the depths of God's love for all those who have experienced the complicated and often conflicting emotions brought about by the death of someone near. There are no simple platitudes, quick solutions or moralistic exhortations here. Just biblical truth gently taught through authentic life experience that provides the deep hope of a God who is big enough to handle the worst of our pain". (Howard G. Hendricks, Distinguished Professor, Dallas Theological Seminary). "Dr. Taylor's reference to "changed forever" describes the heartache of a loss that eventually lessens but never leaves. If you have been touched by the death of someone dear, you'll find compassion and hope within these pages. You can transcend your personal grief by experiencing God's purpose and promise for your life". (June Hunt, "Hope for the Heart").