Marriage is like a Compost Heap
Reader’s Digest Canada
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Illustration for the June 2019 issue of Reader’s Digest Canada. In this memoir essay, a father's wedding speech comparing the commitment of marriage to maintaining a compost heap, turns out to hold a lot of wisdom and heart despite its unusualness.
Layout photo & art direction: Danielle Sayer / Reader's Digest Canada.
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