This will be my final column for 2024. I wish each of you a blessed holiday and much love and prayers to all for a wonderful 2025. May God bless you richly and may those with health problems be healed if it’s God’s will. May you put your trust in God to help … Continue Reading ››
Category Archives: Cookies
A busy week for the Eichers heading into Christmas
On Sunday, we attended church at niece Verena and Melvin’s house. Verena is Joe’s oldest sister MaryAnn and Jake’s daughter. Melvin and Verena have two sons and Lord willing are moving to Goshen, Indiana. We wish them God’s many blessings as they make this move. May they enjoy their new home. Home is … Continue Reading ››
Time for Christmas baking with the Eichers
This week I’ll share recipes I like making around Christmastime. Daughter Elizabeth brought a batch of this dough on Wednesday. It is a delicious cutout cookie that works really great. The children loved rolling out the dough and decorating the cookies. On some of the cookies they overdid the sprinkles. Haha! They all … Continue Reading ››
Lovina Shares Six Cookie Recipes!
In this column, I will share cookie recipes. I hope you will enjoy them!
Brown Sugar Cookies
3 cups brown sugar
1 cup lard or butter, softened
2 eggs
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 cups sour milk
2 teaspoons baking powder
5 cups flour, sifted
Pinch of salt
Cream together brown sugar, lard or butter, and eggs. Stir baking soda into sour milk. Sift baking … Continue Reading ››
Daughter Lovina Shares Humor and Fond Memories
Dear Readers,
I hope everyone is doing great! This is daughter Lovina, and I decided to write for Mom again.
It’s a cold Tuesday night here. My brother Ben is grilling ribs for supper. Dad, Mom, and my brother Joseph are in the shed making deer jerky, and my brother Kevin is sitting across the table telling … Continue Reading ››
Daughter Verena Reflects on Life’s Transitions
Hello! I am Lovina’s daughter Verena. Today (December 10), I turn 25 years old. I used to think a birthday was just another day and another year older. Which is true! But after losing three loved ones within a year, I look at birthdays a little differently. Now I believe that every birthday should be … Continue Reading ››
Lovina Marks 20 Years of Column Writing
This week brings us into autumn already. This week always takes me back to twenty years ago when my dear mother so suddenly passed away. She died September 17 but was in Blue Springs, Missouri, at the time of her death. The funeral wasn’t until September 23. My mother penned this column for eleven years, … Continue Reading ››
Holding On to Precious Memories
This week I have been busy sewing for nephew Benjamin’s wedding, which will be next week.
Once again, I put off my sewing until it was too close to the day. I sewed my dress, cape, and apron on Tuesday. Yesterday I cut out dresses, capes, and aprons for daughters Verena and Lovina and sewed Verena’s … Continue Reading ››
A Day in the Life with Lovina and Her Family
Diary of June 28, 2022
4 a.m. The alarm rings, and it’s time to start another day. I pack lunch for my husband Joe and make him breakfast. For breakfast, I make him an egg, sausage, and cheese in a soft tortilla shell. He likes to stay away from too much bread, so I get the … Continue Reading ››
Taking Time for Coffee Breaks with Family
We ended up with 10–12 inches of snow in this area last week. Now the temperature is above freezing this morning.
This forenoon, my plans are to go with daughters Verena and Susan and grandchildren Jennifer and Ryan to have a coffee break with Martha. Martha is a widow with five children in this community. Her … Continue Reading ››