by Kathy Nickerson | Aug 8, 2010 | family, happy endings, mercy
This past weekend felt something like a fairy tale. The house we rented was rather castle-like with its tall windows, spacious views, and curving staircase. Conversations around the table, songs around the piano, and laughter around the pool all seemed to indicate we...
by Kathy Nickerson | Jul 28, 2010 | family
Tonight, I cooked supper to the background music of four children playing, chatting, and coloring in my kitchen. They were not the same four children who did that routinely twenty-some years ago. But they took me back to those days. I experienced the...
by Kathy Nickerson | Jul 21, 2010 | family, writing
This is a shameless plug. I’ve always believed if I checked the mailbox faithfully rain or shine, one day it would reward me with wonderful things. Two of those arrived this week. First: (here’s the plug) This book compiled by James Stuart Bell with a...
by Kathy Nickerson | Jul 9, 2010 | family, happy endings, Uncategorized
On Thursday afternoon, I asked our ten-year-old grandson, John Michael, “So, where do you think Lebron James will end up after his big announcement tonight?” (In case you are sports-challenged like me, I’ll fill you in from what I learned on Fox...
by Kathy Nickerson | Jun 15, 2010 | family, happy endings
When we climbed Independence Rock a couple of weeks ago, we were struck again by our need as a people to connect, or as Joseph put it, “to say we were here.” Some of the etchings on that rock have survived since the early 1800’s when pioneers struck...
by Kathy Nickerson | Jun 8, 2010 | family, mercy, The Bible
Here is something I love. David and Bathsheba named their third son Nathan. These are not people I know on Facebook. I’m talking about David the ancient King of Israel and his wife, Bathsheba. If you have never read their story, flip to the book of Second Samuel in...
