by Kathy Nickerson | Jul 29, 2009 | family, writing
I’m on the last few chapters of my current work-in-progress, and the emotions I’m experiencing are strange. It is a little like the way I felt before one of our children got married or before the next grandchild was born. But there is also a tinge of the...
by Kathy Nickerson | Jul 27, 2009 | family
My eighty-nine year old mother-in-law is visiting us for two weeks, and she is such a joy. She is content to spend the day working her jigsaw puzzle but always ready to jump in the car and go out for lunch. Well, she jumps pretty slowly, but she is always interested...
by Kathy Nickerson | Jul 21, 2009 | family, happy endings
Forty years ago, a man walked on the moon. It was truly incredible. Families everywhere gathered around their television sets to watch one giant step for mankind. And our dad missed the whole show. We lived on a farm where television reception was spotty. We could...
by Kathy Nickerson | Jul 17, 2009 | Friendship, happy endings, writing
I rewrote Chapter 24 of my work-in-progress last night because it was too sad. Actually, the story was probably fine, but life is feeling a little too sad right now. One of our good friends is critically ill. Another is fighting breast cancer. Two others are...
by Kathy Nickerson | Jul 10, 2009 | happy endings, The Bible, writing
We’re having an unusually green July around here. Usually the lawns without sprinkler systems are already turning brown and crunchy this time of year. Instead, they are thick and green. Foliage is lush beside the country roads and everything looks more like...
