by Kathy Nickerson | Mar 22, 2016 | happy endings, The Bible
I realize picking out Easter clothes is a first world privilege. I know the socially conscious among us would prefer we all be under a bridge on Easter morning feeding the poor instead of parading around the church building in our finery. And the devout among...
by Kathy Nickerson | Feb 29, 2016 | happy endings, mercy, The Bible
I have been guilty of asking for extra hours in a day sometimes. We do have precedence for that. God stop the sun once. But, of course, that had something to do with a battle, and the enemies of God, and a hero who had bigger issues than a crowded to-do list. But...
by Kathy Nickerson | Feb 22, 2016 | happy endings, mercy, The Bible
When something hard is happening in life (and, really, something usually is) I find that moment between sleeping and waking to be the hardest one of all. I know Tinker Bell told Peter Pan in the movie Hook that it was a dreamy place, and he could always find...
by Kathy Nickerson | Dec 7, 2015 | happy endings, The Bible
Light is one of the things I love about the Christmas season. Twinkling lights against dark skies. Shiny baubles on tabletops. Sparkly sweaters and sequined scarves. I love it all. So, I’m intrigued by the whole account of the wise men who followed the...
by Kathy Nickerson | Nov 25, 2015 | family, happy endings, The Bible
People sometimes ask me how I came up with a character like Elmer Grigsby in my novel Thirty Days to Glory. In my obviously perfect, Hallmark-movie life, how did I dream up a WWII vet who survives on cheap booze and canned meat? Whose only companion is his cat. Who...
by Kathy Nickerson | Jul 5, 2015 | happy endings, Marriage, The Bible
I remember when my grandmother used to take me to the grocery store with her, and she always signed her check, “Mrs. D.E. Grubbs” in long, curly script. The signature fascinated me in so many ways. First, no one ever called my grandfather D.E. Grubbs. His...
