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!...
by Kathy Nickerson | Sep 13, 2022 | mercy
Evidently, I missed National Teddy Bear Week recently. Yesterday, I pulled this little guy from the box where he’d been packed for the last several months. Our three-year-old granddaughter grabbed him up for a squeeze and said, “Oh, he’s...
by Kathy Nickerson | Sep 2, 2022 | mercy
Our three-year-old granddaughter saw a framed photo of my husband and me this week. “Oh,” she said, “It’s Sheriff Grandpa and Princess Grandma.” Neither of us is wearing the appropriate attire for those titles. The only time she’s...
