The world went to hellin a handbagbut I was fine you see! I’d been to the crosstaken a looka quick visit must have changed me. I wore different Continue Reading
I Will Always Be Here
I will always be hereIn your darkest hourWhen drowning in tearsFighting the fearMoment by moment Day by dayYour learning to trust meIn a beautiful Continue Reading
Waiting… Wondering… When Will You Join Me?
Dedicated to my sons Isaac, Isaiah, and Israel Nickell WaitingWonderingWill the war and chaos in my head ever leave? I know I am not in the Continue Reading
See Your Broken Warrior Through Love’s Rose-Colored Glasses
1978 was the year my eyes gazed at the saddest person I had ever seen. War-torn, the eyes of this man held years of pain and loss. No amount of Continue Reading
The Last Monday in May
The last Monday of May every year has been recognized as a day to memorialize, think about, honor, and otherwise never forget the sacrifices made by Continue Reading
Love Never Fails
Twenty-Eight years inCarefree they were notpain at times was unbearable Love NEVER FAILSIs what I had heardSorting through pieces of past I knew Continue Reading
Horse Sense and Healing, Hope, and New Beginnings!
It was 2011 when Dennis, my combat Vietnam Veteran, who spent 14 months in country, learned so much at Flag is Up Farms. At the time, we'd been Continue Reading
The Dross Was Being Removed… Forevermore
As Job was refined with fire from aboveSo too in my lifeThe fathers’ shown his loveWith a deep cleansing fireThat searches your soulAll for the Continue Reading
Forgive Us
by Diana Nickell, wife of Vietnam combat veteran, Dennis Nickell Forgive Us As Job was refined with fire from above So to in my life The Continue Reading
The Wall
by Diana Nickell, wife of Vietnam combat veteran, Dennis Nickell Promises made Promises kept I Continue Reading
Quiet Place
Want to go to a quiet placeWhere pure and gentle hearts go to restA stream dances byI see your eyes Gotta tell gotta tell the worldHow much I love Continue Reading