Melanie NicholasNov 26, 20174 minAggie Spirit mirrors Holy Spirit: Remember the 12by Melanie Nicholas 1996 Texas A&M Bonfire file photo, photo credit The Eagle newspaper. Each year around Thanksgiving, I take time to...
Melanie NicholasApr 15, 20173 minSon reminds me how we can live as Easter peopleParker, 8 Easter blessings! This is one of my favorite holidays, and not just because of the outfits and the candy. Easter is one of my...
Melanie NicholasApr 4, 20173 minA case of mistaken identity reminds me to shineMelanie Nichols Melanie Nicholas by Melanie Nicholas I was working late a few nights ago when I received a strange Facebook message. The...
Melanie NicholasDec 25, 20163 minGrief makes it hard to find joy during ChristmasMy Marley girl Christmas is supposed to be perfect, joyous, celebratory. But I haven’t been feeling it the last few weeks. My tree is...
Melanie NicholasAug 26, 20164 minGrief Survival: Look for the clear daysBy Melissa Moore Melissa Moore and Greyson Moore When our youngest son, Greyson, went into the hospital, lots of things became...
Melanie NicholasFeb 13, 20165 minMy sweet Milo: Preparing for the inevitableMy first baby, Milo Aaron Nicholas. He thinks he’s a cat. The Hubs and I hadn’t been married very long when I dragged him into PetsMart...
Melanie NicholasSep 15, 20151 minI am ‘enough’By guest blogger Angela Glenn I am enough, and so are you. In honor of Suicide Awareness I wanted to share why I got my wrist tattoo. I...
Melanie NicholasSep 10, 20151 minSuicide Prevention Week: You are loved beyond measureUncle David and sweet baby Cole. By Uncle David Nicholas It has been 101 days and 100 nights since my nephew, Cole Austin left us. 101...
Melanie NicholasJul 5, 20154 minSweet boy, I wish I had all the answersImage taken from diatribe.org I have really been struggling this month. There are so many questions I just don’t have the answers for...
Melanie NicholasJun 4, 20154 minAbout a boy: See you on the other side my sweet Cole Austin“If love could have saved you, you would have lived forever.” — Saya Nelson Cole, learning to ride a four-wheeler in the mountains of New...
Melanie NicholasMay 31, 20151 min#MotherLoveBathwater blogger Rachel Austin with her son, Cole. Please pray for a miracle for Cole and for peace and strength for my sister,...
Melanie NicholasAug 14, 20143 minLike father, like daughterI am my father’s daughter. No statement could make me more proud. I adored him, and he was my favorite person in the whole world. My life...
Melanie NicholasJun 29, 20143 min3 sizes too small? Mack Daddy gets a triple bypassSo I started to write about patience and children. I have a sweet friend struggling with teaching her 2-year-old to wait a gosh-darned...
Melanie NicholasMay 29, 20143 minMS won’t make me give up hopeWhen I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2004, I thought my life was over. Hubs and I hadn’t been married long, and we didn’t have...
Melanie NicholasMay 28, 20141 minWorld MS Day & MayaI think her poem “And Still I Rise” captures the spirit of the thousands and thousands of us suffering with multiple sclerosis. It won’t...
Melanie NicholasMay 4, 20145 minMy mouth is full of warm cocoa and Coca Cola and Fla-Vor-Ice‘Ohhh. Who’s that pretty lady, Mommy?’ That, Bodacious, is my Mamo, your great-grandmother. And she would have adored you and made you...
Melanie NicholasFeb 7, 20143 min‘Heaven is for Real’ doesn’t comfort this grieving dadPapa Cecil “Heaven is for Real” is a wretched book. I’m not one to advocate book burning, though in this case, I might make an exception....
Melanie NicholasOct 11, 20134 minSmall talk about big thingsAustin holds his sons Tucker, left, and Greyson, right. Greyson, the little Lion Man, died when he was six months old. I can’t tell you...
