Warm wishes for a Joyful Christmas from my home to yours. Here are a few images of our Christmas this year. Don’t you love our scraggly little tree? I’m not actually sure how that made it home with us, but here it is! David made this beautiful cherry shelf for spices for our kitchen. What a gift! I hope your […]
Today we have a wonderfully sunny day in Western Massachusetts. I am pausing in my holiday preparations to post some thoughts. Last week, David and I were lingering in the kitchen over tea and coffee around 9:00 in the morning. My eyes were drawn to a huge bird, flying just above the baseball field, out behind the town offices. I
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There are many things I am grateful for today, and so I am offering a Christmas giveaway of my memoir, Why I Left the Amish and a one of my fabric reusable gift bags to go with it. First of all, I am grateful to all of you for visiting my blog. I know how hard it is to choose
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Courtney asked several questions. I will insert my answers in between each question. Who are considered elders? Is it just the ministers/deacon/bishop? Courtney, you are correct: teach church district usually has one bishop, two ministers, and a deacon. Together, they are the elders of the church. And I'm curious about different styles of buggies. Meaning are there different ones
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Sara asked: If you could change one thing about your leaving, what would it be? Sara, this is a difficult question, partly because I don't know if you mean the things I could have changed, or what circumstances I wish would have been different. So, I will answer this in two parts. I don't think I would change anything about
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Tonight I will answer a few more questions that were asked on my blog in early October. Nancy asked: I would love a chance to read your book. What do you think is the percentage of Amish who decide to leave the order? Nancy, I am going to refer you to the Amish Studies website for the answer to this
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