by Kathy Nickerson | Apr 27, 2010 | Friendship, happy endings, mercy
We were in third grade when I totally betrayed my best friend. Troll dolls were the problem. Their ugly mugs and outrageous hair fascinated us. Most of us managed to beg a small dime store model from our parents. One of our friends, however, came to school with a...
by Kathy Nickerson | Apr 26, 2010 | family, mercy
I was chatting with an expectant mom at our church this week, and she asked me about the story I always tell first-time mothers when they tweet something like, “tell me your tricks for getting labor started!” I felt the same way with our first child. I was...
by Kathy Nickerson | Apr 22, 2010 | Uncategorized
When I pull into our neighborhood the last few evenings, I’ve seen my friend, David, exercising his dog. A golden retriever, I believe, with wonderful manners. Nicolas sometimes accompanies David to the office (upstairs from mine) and is pretty well-behaved. For...
by Kathy Nickerson | Apr 19, 2010 | work, writing
Artists don’t generally hang out at the gym. You don’t see a lot of musicians running marathons or writers entering the olympics. We may take a long walk on a spring day, but we are more often in search of our muse than our muscle tone. Don’t get me...
by Kathy Nickerson | Apr 15, 2010 | work, writing
This month is the 150th anniversary of the historic Pony Express. I am especially fond of this piece of American History since it’s headquarters are only a couple of hours away in one of my favorite towns, St. Joseph, Missouri. Some of our own family history was...
