Good Always Wins
It seems to me that the last while, things are different. There’s more depth to conversations than there used to be. An unspoken urgency...
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Down Highway 20
with a trucker's wife who loves to write
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- Jun 16
- 1 min
Legendary
There are dads, and there are legendary dads. The legendary ones work all day (and sometimes all night to make ends meet), yet when they...
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- Mar 23
- 2 min
The Evolution of a Parent
Of Child-Training.. 1st child - every misdemeanor properly dealt with and taken care within minutes of happening. 2nd child - most...
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- Mar 12
- 2 min
7 Weeks Down
Tonight I lay in bed completely exhausted yet wide-awake. I try to pray. “Dear God… but all that comes out of my sleep-deprived thoughts...
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- Feb 8
- 2 min
And then there were 3 (under 3)
Someday (if we survive that long) I'm going to look back on this blog and I'll read this post, and probably shake my head incredulously....
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- Dec 6, 2023
- 2 min
Of Happenstance and Fried Rice
Our paths of life are merging briefly here for a few months. It all started with a bit of happenstance. (Except that I don't believe in...
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- Jul 17, 2023
- 1 min
Weeds or Flowers?
If you focus on the weeds, they multiply. I'm truly literally serious here. Every year since we got married, I have focused on the...
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- Jul 2, 2023
- 1 min
News Alert and Life Update
Baby Nikkel # 3... PINK or BLUE, what will it be? We're excited and of course, wishfully dreaming of a boy.. time will tell! It's been...
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- Jun 21, 2022
- 3 min
The Making of a Dad
You always had a feeling he was going to be a good dad. It was probably one of the reasons you fell for him in the first place. In the...
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- Jun 2, 2022
- 1 min
Oh Time, Slow Dow
That feeling when your baby/toddler is sitting on your hip. Your arm is around them, your hand holding their thigh. And their hand,...
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- Apr 21, 2022
- 1 min
I Believe In Prayer
These last few weeks have re-affirmed my belief in the power of prayer. Through the many sleepless nights when I’m all alone in the house...
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- Mar 30, 2022
- 2 min
Scrumptious Gilbertini
I’m dreadful at remembering to photograph my meals before we devour them so no pics this time.. you’ll just have to take my word for how...
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- Mar 25, 2022
- 1 min
“Roading”
Passed a cheery girl in a straw sun hat - a right-friendly face that I’d like to chat. An old farm pop who gave a curt nod, rocking...
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- Mar 9, 2022
- 1 min
The Trucker
Morning fog hangin’ over the blacktop. Glow of the sun coming up in the east. Eighteen gears and a flat top. Dusty dash and a worn-out...
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- Feb 22, 2022
- 3 min
Sorting Out Life, One Load at a Time
I was going to throw in the towel.. then I remembered how much laundry I already have. Laundry is inevitable, so we might as well find...
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- Feb 9, 2022
- 2 min
"A Place for Everything and Everything In Its Place"
I go through these organizing streaks. They usually are a result of visiting an organized person's house and admiring their...
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- Jan 18, 2022
- 1 min
The Road of Life
There are times in life that make a person question the unfairness. Days that send you to your knees begging for answers. Hours that...
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- Jan 17, 2022
- 2 min
WE'RE STILL ALIVE!!!
And here I am, a month later, still paddling to keep my head above water. The water is getting shallower now, though. And I think I see...
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- Dec 11, 2021
- 1 min
Slightly Laughable
There are few times that I actually manage to pull a good trick or scare on Ross, but occasionally I manage one. A couple years back, we...
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- Dec 10, 2021
- 3 min
Eliminating Trips to Town
ways to stock up food to eliminate trips to the grocery store by joanie nikkel down highway 20
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