by Kathy Nickerson | Sep 25, 2019 | Friendship, happy endings, mercy
I promised my new neighbors they would not become characters in my next book. I didn’t promise not to talk about them on my blog. My husband, Wendell, and I have moved to a new town – a tiny town with around 500 people. This fits us nicely, but it does...
by Kathy Nickerson | Jun 5, 2018 | Friendship, mercy
My editorial calendar had a blog post scheduled for today. But, I couldn’t do it. A dear friend has gone home to Glory this week. Reward for him, sorrow for us. And, I could not bring myself to write about anything else. (I know my last blog post was a memorial....
by Kathy Nickerson | May 27, 2018 | Friendship
I wasn’t expecting a fairy godmother that afternoon. So I almost ignored the knock at my front door. I hadn’t wished on a star, rubbed a magic lamp, or even whispered a desperate prayer. I’d simply left work early and collapsed on our sofa. The knock...
by Kathy Nickerson | May 8, 2016 | Friendship, happy endings
Approximately fifty-four years ago, I evidently began my career with the grammar police. I don’t actually remember that moment in Mrs. Epperson’s first grade classroom when Judy Coleen’s balloon exploded. Judy, however, remembers...
by Kathy Nickerson | Apr 27, 2016 | Friendship, mercy, work
Grow her up in your own household so she knows exactly how you think and will answer the telephone with your attitude, tone of voice, and ultimate plan to make the world a nicer place. If this fails because your own daughters have the irrational idea they should live...
by Kathy Nickerson | Dec 22, 2015 | Friendship, writing
Hello, Dear Reader. You may think I hover over my desk every week dreaming up ways to lure you to my website so I can sell you more stuff. Like, you know, books. Here is the more realistic scenario: I sit in my rocking chair in the corner of our living room...
