Loy Cannon and Opal Rackley in “Unfinished Business”

Loy Cannon

It was blizzarding when Satchel was born. Middle of the night. Why do babies always come in the middle of the night?

It's the moon, my mama said. Babies come like the tide.

Loy Cannon

Buel birthed him in a tub with her mama. I was downstairs with the girls. I swear I couldn't hear a sound. My missus, passing a twelve inch head through a six inch hole. On my best day, I'm half as tough as that. And this ain't my best day. No, siree. That's behind me, I think.