by Wendy Nichol | Nov 7, 2019 | Weekly Writing
I have a blog post called Do It Scared. It’s a motto for my own life that I encourage my children towards. I have worked hard to overcome so much fear that I refuse to let them, or I, be held back because of it. Fear is an enemy in our home. A foe that must always be...
by Wendy Nichol | Oct 7, 2019 | Behind The Music
It’s been a while since I’ve written a behind the music post. So, I thought it was time. I was talking to one of my kids recently and they shared with me something hurtful and embarrassing that happened with friends. Immediately the tears began to stream. I knew I...
by Wendy Nichol | Sep 30, 2019 | Weekly Writing
You may know from last week’s post “Please Let Me Get To Hold Her” that I lost a baby in June. She was 23 weeks and already very loved and longed for. Her name was Cadence Abigail. Am I hurting? Hell, yeah. Like you wouldn’t believe. Every time I think a new thought...
by Wendy Nichol | Sep 20, 2019 | Weekly Writing
Pain can be paralyzing… There’s a point in all grief where you have to answer the question “but will this level me? Will I allow it to take me down?” This doesn’t deny anything that you’re going through. It instead faces head-on what the reality of life has...
by Wendy Nichol | May 20, 2019 | Weekly Writing
I’m holding myself accountable today. I’ve given the advice before “don’t let your feelings choose your path.” “I feel like going for a walk today.” “I feel like Chinese.” “I feel like getting my master’s in biology.” “I don’t feel like folding laundry.” “I don’t feel...
by Wendy Nichol | May 6, 2019 | Weekly Writing
I have seen a vast gap in the people I encounter on social media lately. People I love and care for. 1) There are those with lofty ideas and goals and lots of discipline and drive. 2) There are those who are living life just to live. They vary from just working and...
by Wendy Nichol | Apr 21, 2019 | Weekly Writing
I set out to have a blog that would encourage people. I’m very new at this and have to be intentional to not question the validity of my sharing. Since doing so, I’ve experienced one personal frustration after another. I’ve tried not to tally the things we’ve faced....
by Wendy Nichol | Apr 15, 2019 | Weekly Writing
Last week I talked about acceptance and how it’s such an important step in becoming free. I find that some stumble with this word. Some might think “I cannot accept what they did” or they have a negative reaction like “I accept that my life sucks and I’m stuck.” Both...
by Wendy Nichol | Apr 9, 2019 | Weekly Writing
My canvas isn’t flat… It isn’t pulled, tightly wrapped around a wooden frame with perfect 90-degree angles. Perhaps most of us are like this… I don’t know. While I’ve stressed mercilessly over every stroke I am definitely not a color-inside-the-lines or...
by Wendy Nichol | Mar 31, 2019 | Weekly Writing
I continue to run into people who are wrestling with their own beliefs because of someone who has treated them a certain way, because of the way certain denominations are run or because of someone else’s interpretation of truth. I find however that if we live in...
