by Kathy Nickerson | Jun 11, 2012 | family, happy endings
We attended a wonderful family reunion this weekend where my husband’s big brother and his wife celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. We are all much too young for such a milestone, of course. But, there it was. As part of the ceremony, Rees and Frankie...
by Kathy Nickerson | May 31, 2012 | family
Maybe the Beatles couldn’t imagine living into their nineties back in the era where we didn’t trust anyone over thirty. So they wrote a song about growing old together at sixty-four. Knitting sweaters, puttering in the garden, bouncing grandchildren on their knees....
by Kathy Nickerson | May 20, 2012 | family
I love our empty nest. Seriously love it. I thrive on the consistency of morning rituals and the respite of quiet evenings. I often smile when I walk through our tidy living room, and I thank God out loud for clean kitchen counters. We married young and had babies...
by Kathy Nickerson | May 10, 2012 | family
One of the great family heirlooms in our clan is a crocheted bedspread made by my husband’s grandmother. It was on the bed in his mother’s guest room for several years, but I don’t even know who has possession of it anymore. Nor does that matter very...
by Kathy Nickerson | Apr 12, 2012 | family, happy endings
One of the [few] things Wendell and I have consistently done right in life [I think] has to do with giving. We have tried to always be faithful in tithing and in offerings and in alms. Even when we couldn’t pay all the bills we had wracked up from poor choices...
by Kathy Nickerson | Apr 9, 2012 | family, writing
One of the beautiful things about my family is that we are not afraid to show we take things in by how they pertain to us. Serenity Bohon, The Thank You Room This quote is so true of us. Which is why I can’t even pretend I wasn’t eager to...
