by Kathy Nickerson | Apr 17, 2019 | happy endings, The Bible
Can you imagine the first Passover? The Death Angel flying through the land, taking every firstborn male from the cattle in the pen to the son of Pharaoh in the palace. Mothers crying. Fathers cursing. And, the eldest son of every Hebrew family quivering in a corner...
by Kathy Nickerson | Apr 9, 2019 | happy endings, The Bible
Yes, I know. People give up things for Lent. We get things at Christmas. (Although, ’tis better to give, as they say.) I don’t attend a liturgical church (such as the one led by our dear Father Mike.) Our congregation doesn’t observe a formal Lenten...
by Kathy Nickerson | Mar 20, 2019 | happy endings, mercy
A woman in labor hits a stage called transition. For me, two things generally happened at that point. I decided to go home and do this thing another day. And, something supernatural kicked in to stop me from leaving. Sort of like motherhood anesthesia. I still felt...
by Kathy Nickerson | Jul 24, 2018 | family, happy endings, mercy
I frequently forget what my job is in life. Every few weeks, I decide my job is to become a traditional grandmother who stays home, bakes cookies, and magically lives in two different cities at the same time so I can be available for every grandchild. That is...
by Kathy Nickerson | May 14, 2018 | family, happy endings
Happy Graduation Season! Mothers everywhere are trying not to cry while baby-adults are throwing off caps and dashing into the great unknown. Wendell and I have attended lots of graduations in our life together. But, this week, we enter a whole new phase with...
by Kathy Nickerson | May 14, 2017 | happy endings, Marriage
This Guy. You might think, Dear Reader, that after forty-three years, we have one another figured out. Or that our life of working together every day and then coming home together every night to a simple routine would get boring. You. Would Be. Wrong. Yesterday, for...
