Paula Nicewanger’s Story Archive

Traveling with Paula: California Here We Come, Part 4

November 9, 2023 | by Paula Nicewanger

Last time, my daughter, son, grandkids and I went to Forest Lawn Cemetery to sprinkle their Dad and Papaw’s ashes and spent the afternoon at Paramount Studio Tour and evening at Grauman’s Chinese Theater. This day my sister, her fellow, my brother and I started out to the Greystone Mansion … Read More

Traveling with Paula: California Here We Come! Part 3

October 26, 2023 | by Paula Nicewanger

Last time, my daughter, son and grandkids had a long day at Universal Studios Hollywood the day before and my brother and I had waited most of the day for my sister to finish her work. This day, while my sister continued to get caught up with work my brother … Read More

Traveling with Paula: California Here We Come, Part 1

July 27, 2023 | by Paula Nicewanger

This past March my whole immediate family decided to take a trip together. It’s not easy scheduling everyone to be free at the same time and the whole planning process is complicated, and we hadn’t attempted it before. We decided on southern California and Hollywood instead of making another trip … Read More

Vacation Bible School & Church Camp

June 29, 2023 | by Paula Nicewanger

Being a child in the 50’s was a lot different than nowadays. Our mothers rarely worked outside the home and we only had one car and Dad drove it to work. We had one TV and it was in the living room — you didn’t watch it except at night … Read More

A time to remember on Father’s Day

June 15, 2023 | by Paula Nicewanger

First published June 15, 2012   ith Father’s Day only a few days away, it’s time to remember all those little things that made your Dad so special to you. My Dad has been gone 28 years (39 years as of 2023) this September and I miss him very much. … Read More