by Kathy Nickerson | Jun 22, 2009 | family, mercy
I once read that Albert Einstein didn’t know his own phone number. He said it was a waste to crowd his brain by memorizing information that could easily be found in a book. I’m pretty sure that is an urban rumor. But I use it a lot to cover my own...
by Kathy Nickerson | Jun 18, 2009 | family, happy endings
Charity and her family at the beach this summer.It was a crazy time to have a baby. Wendell was in his second year of medical school, and we were living on student loans that had already exceeded ten years of his previous salary. We had also exceeded the highly...
by Kathy Nickerson | Jun 11, 2009 | family, work, writing
Sometimes I forget how spoiled I am. We live in a community blessed by tremendously talented techie guys. I lean on them daily and obviously take them for granted. This week Wendell and I went to a little gathering of friends who are leaders of several similar...
by Kathy Nickerson | May 27, 2009 | family, happy endings
When our granddaughter, Claire Felicity White, was born, we stood around her little bed like this. The first night we crowded twenty-some people into the cubicle and willed our less-than-two-pound-baby to be strong. After her twin sister, Ellery Blythe, slipped...
by Kathy Nickerson | Apr 25, 2009 | family, happy endings, The Bible
I just read one of the saddest lines in the Bible again tonight. “But the cup bearer forgot about Joseph.” This is the Joseph who was thrown into a well, sold by his brothers, entrapped by a seductress, and abandoned in an Egyptian prison. Things started...
by Kathy Nickerson | Apr 11, 2009 | family
I’ve had a particularly grumpy Monday, for which I’m totally ashamed. Especially since the most important part of my job involves being nice to people when they arrive in our clinic. My mother taught me long ago that one of the most important things you...
