by Hailey Nichols | Mar 16, 2026 | Healing Our Hurts
“We’re going to need to schedule you for a biopsy.” The words caught me by surprise. I immediately stopped scrolling through my phone and froze at the thought, “What will happen to my children if I die?” Finding suspicious tissue during a mammogram was not a new...
by Hailey Nichols | Feb 25, 2026 | Healing Our Hurts
I was born in search of my identity. I came into this world lost- not only spiritually, but in my very humanity. The search began as I created mud pies in the yard and twirled in a flowy pink dress in the living room. As I grew older, I looked high and low, in dark...
by Hailey Nichols | Sep 15, 2025 | Healing Our Hurts
My children are two of God’s greatest gifts of encouragement. My son is consistently telling me that I’m the “best.” He wants me to know this so deeply that he put a reminder on our Alexa device that announces every day at 6:45 pm, “Mom is the best and no one can tell...
by christi@sixtyoneacres.com | Nov 15, 2023 | Healing Our Hurts, Giving It Away, Growing in God
In 2015, my husband and I walked through a marital crisis. If you’ve followed along with us for a while, you may remember me periodically speaking of these things. We immediately started couples therapy and this October marked 8 (yes, EIGHT!) years of bimonthly...
by christi@sixtyoneacres.com | Dec 12, 2022 | Healing Our Hurts, Hearing God
She walked up the steps and into the house where dinner was simmering on the stove. Her nervousness was evident as she fumbled to bring her luggage inside. She wanted to attend this retreat for a long time, however personal circumstances had prevented it until now. We...
by christi@sixtyoneacres.com | Aug 1, 2022 | Healing Our Hurts, Growing in God, Hearing God
Busy is not even close to describing the season I have just come out of. In the last 18 months, I have… Said goodbye to my grandmother Walked with a friend through the traumatic loss of her son Started ministry school Travelled out-of-state A LOT Graduated our son...
