by Kathy Nickerson | Jan 15, 2021 | mercy
Some days are hard to slog through. Days of quarantine. Days of homeschool. Days of teething babies. Days of grief. The list goes on. When I am faced with days like that, I hear this phrase in my head, “Just do the next right thing.” Yes, this is a Disney...
by Kathy Nickerson | Dec 31, 2020 | mercy
It is tempting to kick 2020 out the door with a “Good riddance.” But I do want to hold onto a few things. Like these: This View I’m keeping some Christmas trees in place. They still make me smile every time I glance up from my desk. Light against the...
by Kathy Nickerson | Dec 17, 2020 | mercy
This picture is from one of my favorite Christmas memories. We drove five and a half hours to celebrate an early Christmas with all our kids and grandkids. Since no one had a big house at that time, Gramps and I hosted the party in the conference room of the hotel...
by Kathy Nickerson | Dec 3, 2020 | mercy
We didn’t do this with our grandchildren after Thanksgiving. And we won’t be doing this with them in a few weeks. I won’t do this with my mother and siblings. And we won’t pose for an update of this. But, I...
by Kathy Nickerson | Nov 18, 2020 | mercy
It was 1968, and the world was going crazy. I don’t use that word lightly. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Bobby Kennedy were both assassinated. The Viet Nam war heated up right along with protests against it. Riots, marches, and mayhem surrounded an entire...
by Kathy Nickerson | Nov 11, 2020 | mercy
Veteran’s Day. Armistice Day. Choose your title for these 24 hours where we honor those who have sacrificed so much for our nation. Soldiers, sailors, airmen and women, guardsmen and women, and marines. Plus the family members they left behind. Sometimes...
