by Kathy Nickerson | Mar 5, 2012 | Friendship
When one-year old granddaughter, Violet, sees me on her computer screen. she is full of grins and giggles. She blows kisses, hugs the screen, and talks to me in baby jabbers. However, when I appeared up close and personal in her home recently, she turned sober and...
by Kathy Nickerson | Jan 30, 2012 | family, Friendship, writing
Like most writers, I daydream about a writing retreat where I can create for hours, undisturbed by the mundane cares of daily life. I often think could complete a true masterpiece if I only had the time. And the silence. And the space. Wrong. I spent all day Friday...
by Kathy Nickerson | Dec 5, 2011 | family, Friendship
I have this great memory of handmade Christmas candy so exquisite it had to be stored in special containers in the guest bedroom of my grandmother’s house. (The room wasn’t heated, so the candy kept well.) Fondant pecan logs, date loaf, divinity that...
by Kathy Nickerson | Sep 27, 2011 | Friendship
I am embarrassed to admit this. All my life, I’ve gotten the story of the prodigal son wrong. And do you know why? Because I didn’t know the actual meaning of one little word. One adjective. The Prodigal Son is famous in Christian history for pulling a...
by Kathy Nickerson | Jul 28, 2011 | family, Friendship, happy endings
We are preparing to break ground for a new church building. This week, our ushers handed every adult a survey to fill out so we can help choose whether we have carpet or hardwood, traditional columns or contemporary sculptures, and a whole host of things in between....
by Kathy Nickerson | Mar 30, 2011 | Friendship, work, writing
I like my day job. I love my church, my family, and my friends. I have an exceptionally wonderful life. But, I’m better when I write. For the last few years, I’ve focused twenty-minutes most days on some writing project or other. That has produced a couple...
