by Wendy Nichol | Dec 17, 2018 | Behind The Music
Remember that picture that went around where everyone was arguing if it was gold and white or blue? I mean it’s OBVIOUSLY white and gold! Except my husband is a long time photoshop user and his “expert” opinion is that it’s blue. Yes! This dress right here…. To...
by Wendy Nichol | Dec 10, 2018 | Weekly Writing
I have found myself walking a strange path lately. If you keep up with my blog you know that there was a time when I was really broken. Hardship in life would absolutely level me out. The death of my father wrecked me. The death of two friends last year shredded my...
by Wendy Nichol | Dec 3, 2018 | Weekly Writing
Have you ever had a moment of clarity when you realize life circumstances are bringing you down and you just don’t want that to happen? I have to admit in the past when things got complicated and hurtful I tended to allow the hurt to hover over me like it was in...
by Wendy Nichol | Nov 18, 2018 | Weekly Writing
My husband and I bought our house a few years ago. The first time we walked in the door it was into a room that had been added on. Immediately I said, “this is my music room.” Seven years prior the owner tried to drink himself to death. The sorrowful loss of his wife...
by Wendy Nichol | Nov 12, 2018 | Weekly Writing
Ok. Some painful honesty today. I feel that it’s necessary. There are a ton of good things I can pull from the wreckage… but I wouldn’t be purely transparent if I didn’t tell this side too. I had a rough night. I crashed and burned. A repeating cycle I’ve relived...
by Wendy Nichol | Nov 5, 2018 | Weekly Writing
How awful is it that we spend a lot of our lives making a wish and hoping it comes true? Could anything really be built on a wish? Much of Hollywood is built on this concept. I hope I’ll stumble into Mr. Right and he’ll pursue me even though I push him away. I hope...
by Wendy Nichol | Oct 29, 2018 | Weekly Writing
Have you ever looked at a field of flowers and wondered… Do they question their purpose? Do they value their contribution to the world? Are they ok with just being pretty and then dying? It wasn’t until we started studying sustainable agriculture that I even knew...
by Wendy Nichol | Oct 22, 2018 | Behind The Music
Have you ever been around someone that you can feel their potential oozing from their being and yet they are bound so tightly by happenstance, self-hatred and blaming of others that they seem like they’ll never climb out? I have a few people like that in my life....
by Wendy Nichol | Oct 15, 2018 | Weekly Writing
Have you ever had the nightmare where something bad is happening or someone is after you and you tried to call out for help or scream and nothing comes out? Your voice is just not there? The sheer terror of death is looming and you can’t even cry out for help…. Being...
by Wendy Nichol | Oct 8, 2018 | Weekly Writing
Thrive…. what does thrive mean to you? If you were to allow yourself to actually dream without limitations right now… what would it look like? If money wasn’t the goal or the vision or the obstacle. Thrive, as a person. Some just can’t allow themselves to really...