by Kathy Nickerson | Feb 17, 2018 | mercy
A few months ago, my husband made a comment at breakfast, and I immediately felt hurt. Belittled. Misunderstood. I pouted for a good while, if you must know. I also wondered how on earth he could say such a thing. The comment festered, and I started adding up other...
by Kathy Nickerson | Feb 4, 2018 | mercy
Falling in love sounds like something we do totally by accident. Something we have no control over. That is the romantic view, of course. But, if you have ever seen the “Do You Love Me?” scene from Fiddler on the Roof, you know that staying in love...
by Kathy Nickerson | Feb 1, 2018 | mercy
Here we are in the Month of Love, and over the next three weeks, I plan to share a few of the deepest secrets I’ve learned in almost forty-four years of marriage. A zinger like this, for instance: Don’t mumble. My handsome husband and...
by Kathy Nickerson | Jan 22, 2018 | mercy
The world is messy. I’m messy. My friends and family are all in much better shape than I am, but some of them have a little bit of mess about them, too. And, in all this messiness, it is quite easy to start believing that we shall be overwhelmed. That the...
by Kathy Nickerson | Jan 13, 2018 | mercy
I watched the Golden Globes on DVR this week so I could fast-forward the commercials. And possibly other stuff. You never know with these live events. I heard a lot of powerful, beautiful women saying it is time for women to take a stand. “Speak Your...
