by Kathy Nickerson | Jul 17, 2011 | family
Wendell and I spent the weekend at a vacation resort. Doctors are required by the state licensing board to attend a certain number of educational courses every year. Evidently, the only way to force doctors to actually comply with this law is to host those courses at...
by Kathy Nickerson | Jun 17, 2011 | family
If you asked me on almost any given day how old our children are, I would have no idea. If that worries you, let me explain: I’m usually not sure how old I am, either. Of course I paid attention to such things when the children were living under our roof. I knew...
by Kathy Nickerson | May 31, 2011 | family, happy endings
I know the saying is actually, “Seize the Day.” But, I don’t seem able to focus on an entire day right now. When Wendell and I shared our first ham sandwich at Pizza Hut 38 years ago, he told me about the country doctor he wanted to become. I started...
by Kathy Nickerson | May 6, 2011 | family
In honor of Mother’s Day, I am posting some of my favorite pictures of our daughters becoming mothers. Possibly the grandest moments of my life. These aren’t all shots of their first babies. But we become mothers all over again each time another child is...
by Kathy Nickerson | Mar 24, 2011 | family, happy endings, work
Warning: This post is going to sound like I”m bragging about my husband. Disclaimer: I am. But you should listen anyway. Tonight, just after we finished our supper, the phone started ringing. Wendell had seen thirty-six patients in the office today, and…he...
by Kathy Nickerson | Mar 7, 2011 | family, happy endings, mercy
My mother-in-law is 91, and she continues to inspire me with her outlook on life. For her 90th birthday, we gave her a laptop so she could keep in touch with all the kids, grandkids, and great-grands scattered across the earth. And, she does. She became terribly ill...
