by Kathy Nickerson | Mar 2, 2021 | mercy
For lent, I’m reading First Timothy 3:16 and focusing on a different phrase every week. It’s one of the ways I’m preparing my heart for another pandemic Easter. This week, the phrase about Jesus is this: “He was seen by angels.” It seems...
by Kathy Nickerson | Feb 9, 2021 | mercy
In February of 1974, my future-husband gave me a Valentine for the first time. It was the size of a poster and featured Peanuts characters. On the inside, Snoopy popped up and danced on a little spring. The caption read, “Since we met, my feet have never touched...
by Kathy Nickerson | Jan 28, 2021 | happy endings, mercy
This week, I got my first dose of the Covid vaccine. I’m not kidding when I say this makes me emotional. People we love have died from this disease, and we have felt helpless to do anything except wear our masks, wash our hands, and hunker down. We will still be...
by Kathy Nickerson | Jan 15, 2021 | mercy
Some days are hard to slog through. Days of quarantine. Days of homeschool. Days of teething babies. Days of grief. The list goes on. When I am faced with days like that, I hear this phrase in my head, “Just do the next right thing.” Yes, this is a Disney...
by Kathy Nickerson | Dec 31, 2020 | mercy
It is tempting to kick 2020 out the door with a “Good riddance.” But I do want to hold onto a few things. Like these: This View I’m keeping some Christmas trees in place. They still make me smile every time I glance up from my desk. Light against the...
