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This Ain’t No Mardi Gras
John Taylor, who has been bottling his feelings his whole life, thinks it’s important for men to know that the hiding our feelings, putting on masks, and bottling emotions is not “manly”. Originally...
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Why We’re Crushing on the Conversation’s Amanda de Cadenet
Tara Block tells readers why they are crazy about this lovely British TV personality at TrèsSugar. Find out what you’re missing out on by not listening to TrèsSugar’s interview with Amanda de Cadenet....
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The Long Road Home
John Taylor lost track of himself for a while, but after a visit to the ER with chest pains, he is reconnecting with himself. Originally appeared at The Daddy Yo Dude “All of life is a coming home....
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Picking Up the Pieces
In the wake of breaking his wife’s heart, John Taylor questions what it means to be a man. “The best way I had to show love, complete truth and honesty, was also causing the worst pain I ever could....
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Forgiving the Boys Who Were Being Boys
Joanna Schroeder wonders what it is that makes a person “good”: Is it a life absent of transgressions, or the near-constant quest to become better? I believe in redemption. Mostly little “r”...
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Catch You On The Flipside
John Taylor, The Daddy Yo Dude, writes about the agony of heartbreak, setting your ego aside to be better, and the decision to delete his popular fatherhood blog. I feel like I am having a heart...
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Heart of Coal
John Taylor wants to know how to be a good man, and how to turn his heart of coal into a shining diamond. “I perfer a heart of coal….its dark and ugly and chips away over time yes, but after some time...
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True Love is What Brings Us to Say ‘I’m Sorry’
John Taylor believes the phrase ‘Love means never having to say you’re sorry’ is a trapped way of thinking. I have heard it so many time before. Then this came across my Facebook news feed yesterday:...
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt On Journalistic Integrity and Honoring Loved Ones
It’s hyst a short statement on (amazing) actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s Tumblr, but it speaks to something those of us who work in journalism and the blogosphere must think about daily. On his blog,...
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Being Someone Great
John Taylor wants his children to be known for their greatness – not fame or wealth or prestige – but for their greatness of character. For that to happen, he knows he has to do better himself. All...
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The Best of GMP’s Dad Writing
This is the second of a series of posts we’ll be running this week, featuring editor’s picks from all of our favorite categories. Today we offer you 10 of our favorite stories from Dads, about being...
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A Letter to My Cancer
John Taylor, recently diagnosed with metastatic Testicular Cancer, tells his Cancer exactly what he thinks of it. Just want to make one thing clear at the start of this: You don’t deserve even this...
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What Is a Good Man?
Tom Matlack finds that defining goodness is not science, it’s art. The further I get into this good men thing, the less I feel like I know. For quite a while now I have been committed to the idea that...
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Staring Down the Barrel
Until his first round chemotherapy is done, John Taylor feels like he’s staring down the barrel of a gun… There will be no celebration until the follow-up scans show success. Click or boom. Twelve...
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Shout the F**k Up, Man!
It’s hard to talk about cancer in… male-specific parts of the body. But it’s way harder to have to fight it because you didn’t talk about it. Is this thing on? Testes, testes, one, two. Two if you are...
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[Sponsored Video] No Longer Standing Silently
“Cancer brought out the best in us.” John Taylor talks about his recent battle with cancer and how The American Cancer society helps us all. Sometimes it takes a life changing experience to find your...
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How Do You Measure a Year?
From an extramarital affair to cancer, the last 525,600 minutes of John Taylor’s life have been tough. But he’s going to remember it by all of the love that grew. This month is very reflective for...
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Things I Never Say
There are too many things John Taylor doesn’t say to his wife. “Kind things, loving things. How my heart swells to bursting with love for her, how she is my soul mate and my best friend.” - She comes...
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100 Words on Love: Because There Is No Other Way
- 100 Words on Love, by John Taylor - Because there is no other way. The path between my heart and yours. Illuminated against a backdrop of darkness that would try to tear us down. The only path...
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What Fan Loyalty is Teaching Me About Marriage
Though it may sound strange, the South Carolina Gamecocks have taught him a lot about what makes a marriage work. I grew up in a household that is devoted to the South Carolina Gamecocks. The majority...
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