by Kathy Nickerson | Jan 31, 2023 | mercy
Today is National Backward Day, which sounds completely made up but has an actual history that dates back to the Romans. I can see where it would be fun to celebrate this day. Eat dessert first, for instance. I am not, however, wearing my shirt backward or my...
by Kathy Nickerson | Jan 18, 2023 | mercy
It doesn’t take much to change one corner of the world or one moment of a day. And, that’s a start. Here are three ways to make a difference today. Smile My friend, Cora, and I went out for ice cream recently. As we stepped into the shop, we were talking...
by Kathy Nickerson | Dec 1, 2022 | mercy
As an author, I try to create characters so real you will want to add them to your Christmas card list. That happened to me every time I wrote about The Glory Circle Sisters of Mt. Zion Church. Catherine, Madge, Emily, Bess, Erma, and all the rest became real people...
by Kathy Nickerson | Oct 20, 2022 | mercy
Warning: It is late October, and Old Navy has sold out of several styles and sizes of Matching Family Christmas Pajamas. Sorry to say, I just contributed to the shortage. This was the year I thought I could change it up a bit. Two of the grands are away at college....
by Kathy Nickerson | Oct 6, 2022 | mercy
I always think of fall as a quiet time. Of course, that’s only if you don’t count the roar of crowds at football games, the rumble of farmers in fields, the cacophony of ducks on a lake, and the whir of a leafblower down the street. Sometimes, we have to...
by Kathy Nickerson | Sep 29, 2022 | mercy
You could read the title of this post in several ways, depending on which word you emphasize, and what voice inflection you give: Here is the phrase from my friends who suffer during the dark days of winter. Note their tone of despair: It’s almost October!...
