by Kathy Nickerson | Nov 28, 2011 | Uncategorized
I’m irritated about “Happy Holidays,” but not in the way you might think. I’m all for keeping Christ in Christmas. If we take Him out, we just have mas. And that doesn’t mean anything at all. But, until our politically-correct society...
by Kathy Nickerson | Jul 7, 2011 | happy endings, Uncategorized
Wendell and I don’t own a house anymore. This still feels strange to me, even after several years. We bought our first home together before we were married, and we’ve owned six homes since then. Some of my friends still live in the homes where they reared...
by Kathy Nickerson | Jul 3, 2011 | mercy, Uncategorized
“When I thank God for His tender mercies each night, you are on the list.” That is a paraphrase from a movie line. It is also a truth in my life. Among the many tender mercies God has granted me, being born to this handsome couple probably tops them all....
by Kathy Nickerson | Feb 24, 2011 | Friendship, Uncategorized, writing
Last week I heard from one of the editors who helped form me as a writer. It has been more than twenty years since I submitted my first article to him, and we stay in touch. The magazine he worked for no longer exists, but the lessons he taught me remain. One lesson...
by Kathy Nickerson | Jan 31, 2011 | Uncategorized
If you have been reading your daily horoscope for years and still haven’t found health, happiness, and that “unexpected opportunity that leads to great advancement” … maybe you aren’t really a Sagittarius after all. According to news reports last week, it turns out...
by Kathy Nickerson | Sep 9, 2010 | Uncategorized
Years ago, I had an Aunt Anice. She wore a silver fur stole, carried Chicklet gum in her bag, and arrived in our tiny town once a month from Kansas City… by bus! She wasn’t actually a blood relative. In those days, we children referred to all the older...
