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    Melanie Nicholas
    • May 20, 2020
    • 4 min

    Look for the good stories, even when times seem bad

    I am working hard on modelling positive thinking for my kids. I started to wonder what good stories during this pandemic.

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    Melanie Nicholas
    • Mar 15, 2020
    • 3 min

    Keep calm and share on: Coronavirus should not keep us from doing good in the world

    It will not be this fancy version of the flu that cripples civilization. It will be civilization itself.

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    Melanie Nicholas
    • Dec 1, 2019
    • 1 min

    Ben's Salad

    This is my favorite salad to make and take! It's nutritious and looks really pretty, plus it's really easy to make! Ingredients: 1 large...

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    Melanie Nicholas
    • Dec 1, 2019
    • 3 min

    CHOPPED: Let's hear it for the holiday salads!

    Looking for easy holiday salads and sides to bring? Then look no further! Click here for my recipes, including margaritas, Red Hot salad...

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    Melanie Nicholas
    • Sep 30, 2019
    • 4 min

    I Birthed Most Bodacious Batman Ever

    She has taken to wearing the mask at all times, including on the car rides to school. I can see why she likes it.

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    Melanie Nicholas
    • Sep 23, 2019
    • 5 min

    Period. Paragraph. Talking about reproduction at 45 mph

    Little Son, Bodacious and I were barreling down the road last week, headed to one of our last soccer practices for the season. It had...

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    Melanie Nicholas
    • Sep 10, 2019
    • 2 min

    Easy Shakshouka aka Poached Eggs in Tomato Sauce

    Shakshouka is one of my favorite meals! It is so easy to make, yet delicious enough that you can serve it to guests!

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    Melanie Nicholas
    • Jul 22, 2019
    • 4 min

    I’m your Turbo lover! New washing machine best gift ever

    I am a woman of a certain age. That age when moisturizer and under-eye cream are a necessity, instead of a luxury. That age when it’s...

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    Melanie Nicholas
    • May 30, 2019
    • 4 min

    It’s World MS Day: I have lived almost half my life with multiple sclerosis

    by Melanie Nicholas I went to see my new neurologist this week, and as I was going through my very long medical history, it hit me. I...

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    Melanie Nicholas
    • Jul 13, 2018
    • 4 min

    Nothing says love like a DIY project

    I put together all 4 million pieces of this chandelier. Every. Piece. When my daughter Bodacious turned 6, she told me that instead of a...

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    Melanie Nicholas
    • Apr 28, 2018
    • 2 min

    Mocha Marry Me Cake

    MOCHA MARRY ME CAKE This is a dense, rich cake. I use butter instead of shortening, so one full cup of butter for the cake batter. If you...

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    Melanie Nicholas
    • Jan 7, 2018
    • 4 min

    Awesome idea: Cheering on my 2018 Epiphany Board

    Goodbye 2017. I will not miss you, not one tiny little bit. This is a new year, and I am coming out of my grief fog. I lost my father...

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    Melanie Nicholas
    • Aug 24, 2017
    • 3 min

    This does not suck: Roomba best invention ever

    My next ride was much more practical for the post college professional woman I was becoming. Mad Max was a smart little two door white...

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    Melanie Nicholas
    • Jul 15, 2017
    • 3 min

    New family photos, Christmas cards, and being ‘enough’

    I haven’t sent Christmas cards the last three years. I have just hated pictures of myself. No amount of black clothing, red lipstick and...

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    Melanie Nicholas
    • Oct 9, 2016
    • 5 min

    To be the people we are called to be, we have to keep our cups full

    by Melanie Nicholas My pastor told us a story, a fable about an ancient king coming to town. In the tale, all the families in this town...

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    Melanie Nicholas
    • Jul 23, 2016
    • 4 min

    Love knows no color

    opinion piece suggesting that churches – and Christians – need to practice what they preach when it comes to loving one another. I have...

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    Melanie Nicholas
    • May 29, 2016
    • 5 min

    Write Him In: I Nominate Sam Pfiester for POTUS

    Sam, Sam he’s our man! Pfiester for President! I am over the upcoming presidential election. Over it. Trying to choose the best of the...

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    Melanie Nicholas
    • May 5, 2016
    • 5 min

    Happy Mother’s Day: I miss my Mamo

    by Melanie Nicholas ‘Ohhh. Who’s that pretty lady, Mommy?’ That, Bodacious, is my Mamo, your great-grandmother. And she would have adored...

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    Melanie Nicholas
    • Apr 1, 2016
    • 5 min

    Old folks like me: Spring Break in Branson

    Springcreek on stage performing gospel and bluegrass. Bodacious and her rainbow trout. It was bigger than she was when she was born!...

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    Melanie Nicholas
    • Mar 19, 2016
    • 1 min

    Art vs. Reality: Spring Cleaning Part 5

    In our final installment of EB Nesbitt’s tribute to Spring cleaning, we waned to show you how real moms are keeping their kitchens...

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