Oh my! Three days left until daughter Lovina and Daniel’s wedding. Everything … Continue Reading ››
Counting Down to Lovina and Daniel’s Wedding Day
Count down! Only ten days until daughter Lovina and Daniel’s wedding day! This is shopping week—my least favorite job for a wedding. It takes lots of brain work to figure out exactly how many eggs, flour, milk, butter, sugar, and other ingredients you need for meals to feed one thousand. This isn’t for … Continue Reading ››
Lovina Shares a Recipe from Her New Cookbook
There are seventeen days left until daughter Lovina and Daniel’s wedding day. Although we are getting a lot accomplished, there is still a lot to be done.
I sewed my dress, cape, and apron and also daughter Verena’s for the wedding. I still have Lovina’s wedding dress to sew. It … Continue Reading ››
Lovina Mourns the Loss of Brother Albert
Has it only been a week since I last penned this column? So much has happened since then and life has changed again.
Brother Albert, age 59, lost his eight-week battle to colon cancer. He died peacefully with his wife of 37 1/2 years and his children by his side. … Continue Reading ››
Lovina Visits Brother Albert in the Hospital
It is a foggy Tuesday morning, and daughters Elizabeth and Susan are coming for the day. They are coming with their horses and buggies, so I hope they arrive safely in this fog. Daughter Loretta is also planning to come for the day. Daughter Verena went over to her house across the road … Continue Reading ››
Lovina Celebrates Mother’s Day and Welcomes a New Foal
Church services on Sunday were hosted at sister Emma’s place for her son Benjamin and Crystal. It was Benjamin’s 22nd birthday as well as Mother’s Day.
The men washed the dishes so the women could sit and visit after lunch in honor of Mother’s Day. Cupcakes and ice cream were … Continue Reading ››
A Weekend with the Grandchildren
We have entered into the month of May—so next month is June, which brings us even closer to daughter Lovina and Daniel’s wedding. I’m trying to not get nervous, but it always seems to be a long way off. Yesterday daughter Susan said there are seven more weeks until the wedding, and that … Continue Reading ››
Lovina Thanks Readers for Their Prayers
Today is already the last day of April. Four months of 2024 have passed already. Where does time go? One week after another slips by.
Today, my husband Joe has an appointment with the doctor that did his surgery last week. Joe has been off work for a week due … Continue Reading ››
Celebrating a Belated Easter Together with Family
It’s a beautiful Monday evening here on the Eicher homestead. We had such a nice sunny day, which made for a good laundry day. The solar eclipse was today. How amazing is God’s creation. The temperature reached 72 degrees. Our rhubarb is coming up very nicely. Before long, we should be able to … Continue Reading ››
Daughter Elizabeth Shares About Her Family
Greetings from our home to yours! This is Elizabeth, Lovina’s oldest daughter. I have decided to take a moment and scribble out some lines.
I have laundry to fold, lunch dishes to wash, and sewing that is beckoning, but I suppose it’s the little things that count, so I’ll pretend … Continue Reading ››