by Kathy Nickerson | Jul 5, 2016 | happy endings, Marriage
Happy 65th wedding anniversary this week to my wonderful parents. Life has changed a bit for them in the past few years. The circle of their activity has become smaller, but the sphere of their influence has grown larger as their children, grandchildren, and...
by Kathy Nickerson | Jun 27, 2016 | happy endings, Marriage, mercy, writing
My husband is a long-suffering saint when it comes to my writing career. He gave me a classy office in his clinic where I get to write between tasks at the day job. And, he keeps hoping the writing will do something besides cost him money. He remains generous,...
by Kathy Nickerson | Mar 14, 2016 | Marriage, mercy, writing
It is Book Release Week at our house. In my make-believe-world, that means I float about town in gracious author-mode doing only book-related things all day. In reality, I still have to do the laundry. I sat down with my long-suffering husband a few days ago...
by Kathy Nickerson | Feb 11, 2016 | happy endings, Marriage, mercy
On our first Valentine’s Day together, my future-husband, Wendell, and I were eighteen and nineteen years old. We had been dating five months. And, we had been engaged since November. Thus, the foolish part. I blame Viet Nam. I tell people often that in...
by Kathy Nickerson | Feb 3, 2016 | happy endings, Marriage
I read recently about a famous neurologist who became fascinated by the periodic table at a young age. He started correlating his birthdays with it. At the age of eleven he could say he was sodium, and at 79 he became gold. I love that. I’ve always believed we...
by Kathy Nickerson | Jan 21, 2016 | happy endings, Marriage, mercy, writing
The hubs and I went to a movie theater last night, which is rather a rare occurrence for us. As a writer, I love going to movies. I always come away feeling inspired to make art. I think story is the universal language of the soul, and a good story can move a person...
