by Kathy Nickerson | Oct 10, 2009 | Uncategorized
I’m not sure when we started signing our letters to one another this way. I think it was about the time we decided boys were cute. It became even more important to us when we discovered they could also break your heart. Judy and I shared all the typical things...
by Kathy Nickerson | Oct 8, 2009 | Uncategorized
This is a picture of my father, who is 83, and my daughter, who is twenty-something, and my granddaughter, who is not quite one. And every time I see it I blink back tears. My father had a heart attack before any of his grandchildren were even born. Most of the men in...
by Kathy Nickerson | Sep 29, 2009 | Uncategorized
I heard another great story last week at a church conference. One of our friends from Great Britain talked about a teacher in their Christian school who lost both of his elderly parents and his elderly in-laws in a short period of time. Afterwards, he came to his...
by Kathy Nickerson | Aug 20, 2009 | Uncategorized
Not really. That is just one of our favorite lines from the movie Monsters Incorporated, and we throw it out anytime we become irrationally excited about something the rest of the world would see as a bar code over our one eye. (Okay, you have to see the movie to get...
by Kathy Nickerson | Jul 1, 2009 | Uncategorized
I’ll be watching fireworks on Saturday night and ooohing and ahhhing with the best of them. And, deep inside I’ll be thanking God that the bombs bursting in air are make-believe. Independence Day reminds me of the people who have made real sacrifices so I...
by Kathy Nickerson | Jun 24, 2009 | Uncategorized
Last weekend I stepped way out of my comfort zone and into a moss-green bridesmaid’s dress for the sake of my sweet friend, Angela. I felt more like the Queen Mum than a princess, and I had some great trepidation about making it down the aisle and up the three...
